Archive for the ‘Children’s vision’ Category
Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
I'm 60 years old and have lived with strabismus all my life. Help was not offered to me as a child, and consequently my vision has continued to suffer.
But it doesn't have to be that way. Today, eye care professionals benefit from years of research how ...
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Saturday, November 11th, 2006
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Jamie's Warning: "Request dilation at regular intervals and definitely before any strabismus surgery."
The following story was originally posted by Jamie Schmidt in our Strabismus Hope email support group. Jamie and I have edited that original post together to provide additional ...
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Wednesday, September 13th, 2006
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Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart led the USC Trojans to a national Championship in 2004 before signing on as an NFL Quarterback with the Arizona Cardinals earlier this year. Yet Matt Leinart has strabismus just like us.
Matt had strabismus surgery when he was ...
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Monday, September 4th, 2006
A reader named Carol writes:
This has been very frustrating for my son-he has Intermittent Exptropia- we have tried COVD, UCLA, you name it and Yes he has a visionproblem-but everyone wants $$$$$ A good 5,000 - 10,000 We are not rich, what gets me thought is that if I were ...
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Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006
The P.A.V.E. website says: "P.A.V.E. is a national non-profit education, resource and support organization whose mission is to raise public awareness of the crucial relationship between vision and achievement."
I'll be turning 60 this year, and I'm only now beginning to understand some of the reasons I struggled to keep ...
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