Abigail's Eye (Pseudostrasbismus)

We had mentioned in a previous post that little Abigail had to visit the eye doctor due to fear that her eyes were not tracking together. We took her to the doctor earlier this week and we have good news to report: Abbie's eye is fine!!


Basically, the doc says that we're seeing an optical illusion. The way her eye is shaped make it seem like they are not lined up. It's called Pseudostrabismus: "Although the eyes appear misaligned…, the light reflection is symmetrical in both eyes." It is the reflection of light in her eyes that helps determine whether they are alinged or not. Over time pseudostrabismus gets better and should correct itself as her features grow and develop. The bone between her two eyes (which the surgeon put in new from another part of her skull) is wide so it seems that the eye goes slightly inward under the bone/skin, which makes it look to us like we're seeing more white on the one eye than on the other eye. In actuality, they are both the same. We feel 90% confident that the Doc is right. The other 10% is uncertain, but hopeful. Afterall, we've had Doctors wrong with Abbie in the past.

So it's great news that her eyes are NOT messed up and therefore will not need any special treatment. It's nice to have good news after a year's worth of bad...


But hey! What is one more medical term thrown on the pile? Mytopic craniosynostosis, infant botulism, hypotonia and now pseudostrasbismus.