Comments on: Assessing Health Risks: Impaired Hearing; Impaired Sight

By: Faith Allen

Faith Allen — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:57:31 +0000

Thanks, John!! This will be a helpful link for anyone considering adopting a child with lazy eye.

Have a good weekend.

- Faith

By: John

John — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:02:57 +0000

Faith, a good site is http://www.lazyeye.org. There are actually two conditions, one where the eye is constantly crossed, and the other where it is intermittent. The second condition is easier to spot, when the eye turns in, or goes back to normal, it gets your attention. John

By: Faith Allen

Faith Allen — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:48:14 +0000

Thanks for the feedback!! I had concerns about running a series like this because I feared it might get tedious to read. It's not as "fun" as some other topics. However, I decided to move forward because, like you, I wished that I had access to all of this information in one place when I went through the adoption process.

Do you have a link to a favorite website about lazy eye? If so, feel free to post it in the comments. That way, readers will have ready access to that information as well.

I'll pass along the compliment about the picture to my friend, Lynda Bernhardt. She is a photographer who provides all of my pictures. (I have the "writer's gene" but not the "visual gene." LOL)

Take care,

- Faith

By: John

John — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:58:32 +0000

Faith, this is a great series. Wish I'd had this the first time I had to fill out the go/no go sheet.

One of the boys had a 'lazy eye'. It is a different type of problem, and can lead to lasting problems if the error is great enough. Eye people seem quite good as spotting the problem. It is correctable.

That picture is a great visual!

John