Category: Health

How Doctors Turned A Beautiful Baby Girl Into An Even More Beautiful Baby Girl. This Is Great.

When this little girl, Emma, was only six months old her parents noticed something was wrong. It looks as if she is just making funny faces, but there was an underlying condition. She was basically born with crooked eyes and her pediatrician was unable to diagnose her at 3 or 5 months. So, they began on a journey to correct their little girl’s eyes.

The pediatrician didn’t think that the condition would be permanent, thus the lack of diagnosis.

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As the months progressed (4 months)…

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Her eyes didn’t correct themselves (5 months).

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Finally, at 6 months, her parents knew something needed to be done.

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At 8 months old, she got her first pair of glasses (which were adorable).

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She looked quite fancy at her baptism.

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“Because the pediatrician failed to see her strabismus earlier on, she developed a lazy eye. She has a big preference for her left eye and will use it whenever she can, so we had to patch it in order to force her to use her right eye.”

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At 14 months she was getting pretty used to her life with glasses.

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And finally, the day of the surgery to correct the esotropia-strabismus.

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After the surgery, Emma’s eyes would have felt like sandpaper. She was pretty upset (and it was pretty heartbreaking).

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Finally sleeping with mommy.

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Her eyes were sensitive to light at first, so the nurses gave her some pink star glasses that she loved.

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Now, Emma’s sight is much better and she doesn’t require the patch or glasses for now. What a cutie.

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Congenital esotropia is a type of strabismus that appears within the first 6 months. The reason Emma’s doctor might have overlooked the diagnosis was because in the first months of life, it is common for the eyes to intermittently become misaligned. However, if that misalignment persists, that’s when you should take your baby to see pediatric ophthalmologist. Source: Reddit We’re so happy Emma’s surgery had a happy ending! Share her journey with others by clicking on the button below.

Read more: http://viralnova.com/baby-girl-eye-surgery/

What Does Having Anxiety & Depression Feel Like? | TMI Show

On this episode of the TMI Show, Torri (Parade’s Resident Health Question Guru), covers everything you need to know about anxiety and depression. Torri beaks down the difference between the two, what each one entails, and possible solutions for both. Do you get overwhelmed with all the information that is out there on health and wellness topics you want to know more about? On the TMI Show, we solve that problem and bring you everything you need to know to answer the sometimes complicated, sometimes confusing, medical questions life throws our way! Do you have a TMI question for Torri? Comment below to have your question answered! Don’t want to share your question in the comments? We got you covered, send us a message at tmiquestions@parade.com. Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVoB13ziHcg-ummWqZYhAQ/?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parademag Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParadeMagazine Online: http://parade.com/

Twitter war: Axelrod vs. Romney

http://twitter.com/#!/MittRomney/status/181173095506251777

Just a few minutes after Mitt Romney’s tweet, the former senior advisor to President Obama began “correcting” (in his opinion) Romney. Here’s the graphic Romney posted to his campaign website (which is where the link above will take you):

And here is the response from Axelrod:

@MittRomney @barackobama Wrong, Governor. When this POTUS walked in the door, he was handed a trillion $ deficit and epic economic crisis.

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 18, 2012

@MittRomney @barackobama And the unpaid tax cuts and increased defense spending you've proposed would add 5 trillion to the debt.

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 18, 2012

As we have called for before, these two need to debate it out. Not Axelrod, but President Obama and Romney. It would make for one interesting night.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/03/17/to-no-surprise-axelrod-is-complaining-through-twitter-again/

Everything You Thought You Knew About Paris Is Wrong. It Used To Be Downright CREEPY.

Paris, France, is one of the most famous major cities in the world. It is full of history, beautiful architecture and culture. So many artists, writers and musicians have spent time in Paris over the years. The city on the Seine River has over 12 million inhabitants and tourists from all over the world flock to it… But most people don’t realize it used to be kind of a freak show. Paris has a je ne sais quoi about it, but that’s most likely because of its past. Paris in the 1800s had a wild nightlife, a popular red light district and was basically the place you went to party (among other things, of course).

“The Cabaret de l’Enfer” (The Cabaret of Hell), next to the “Cabaret du Ciel” (The Cabaret of Heaven).

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The inside of the hellish cabaret didn’t disappoint.

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You would have to be brave to enter this club at night.

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Crevices in the walls of this room ran with streams of molten gold and silver, and here and there were caverns lit up by smouldering fires from which thick smoke issued, and vapors emitting the odors of a volcano.

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Flames would suddenly burst from clefts in the rocks, and thunder rolled through the caverns. Red imps were everywhere, darting about noiselessly, some carrying beverages for the thirsty lost souls, others stirring the fires or turning somersaults. Everything was in a high state of motion.

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During this time period, these kinds of clubs were highly popular.

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It was a mixture of drinking, cabaret, magic and fun unlike you’ve seen before.

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And it makes modern-day clubs seem a little boring.

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(H/T Reddit) The City of Light was a lot weirder than you probably thought. After all, when you think of Paris, you should think of la fée verte, absinthe. The highly intoxicating drink was a favorite among artistic Parisians… and now you know, they could get a little wild. Share this unique historic perspective with others. I bet they didn’t know this, either.

Read more: http://viralnova.com/creepy-paris-nightlife/

After tragedy, Michelle says Barack will take to dance floor; Update: Canceled

http://twitter.com/#!/CuffyMeh/status/379701761176399872

Tonight, as we mourn the 12 people murdered today at the Washington Navy Yard, Michelle Obama has a message for Americans:

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Priorities, baby!

First lady Michelle Obama said that the president “will shake his groove thing” at a Latin music concert being held at White House on Monday. Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin and Romeo Santos are among the artists lined up to perform.

All they want to do is dance.

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And all we want to do is hurl. This is absolutely shameful.

http://twitter.com/#!/torreymspears/status/379665286112104448 http://twitter.com/#!/pundette/status/379689257063174144 http://twitter.com/#!/JeromeEHudson/status/379707303739813888 http://twitter.com/#!/chelseagrunwald/status/379703147822088192

Surely BuzzFeed’s Kaczynski has something to say about this, right?

http://twitter.com/#!/Stephe96/status/379705241366966272

Ugh.

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So do we.

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Update:

Looks like the First Couple won’t be shaking their groove things tonight after all:

http://twitter.com/#!/ZekeJMiller/status/379719991853322240

Wise decision.

http://twitter.com/#!/sunnyright/status/379721508303945729

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/09/16/its-a-groove-thing-in-the-wake-of-tragedy-michelle-says-barack-will-pivot-around-the-dance-floor/