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[quote=Anonymous]DH had the surgery twice as a kid around 2-4 yrs old. He still has trouble with that eye, even with the corrective surgery. The muscle got weaker over time again.

Started with drops in DS's good eye to make his weak eye work. We did that for about 6 weeks when he was 3.5. It helped for a while. Fastforward to age 6. Had to patch the good eye. Patched for 6-8 hours per day initially. Over the next year or so, we slowly decreased amount of time per day that he patched the good eye and then decreased the number of days he patched until he no longer wore the patch. We just had our last visit (age 10 is when the eyes supposedly stabilize) with an ophthalmologist, where he said that he was good to go and there was no need for him to return. At 10 yrs old, DS still doesn't have full depth perception but can compensate for the most part. As of right now, he doesn't need glasses but will likely get them because DH and I both wear glasses and have for years. Dealing with this is a serious time and money investment with no guarantees with or without surgery/patching.[/quote]

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