{"id":72296,"date":"2020-06-01T14:02:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T14:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/viralnova.com\/baby-girl-eye-surgery\/"},"modified":"2020-06-01T14:02:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T14:02:42","slug":"how-doctors-turned-a-beautiful-baby-girl-into-an-even-more-beautiful-baby-girl-this-is-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/72296","title":{"rendered":"How Doctors Turned A Beautiful Baby Girl Into An Even More Beautiful Baby Girl. This Is Great."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>When this little girl, Emma, was only six months old her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/carlinha1289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">parents<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>The pediatrician didn’t think that the condition would be permanent, thus the lack of diagnosis.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/15909831389458-01-Emma-at-6-months-and-Emma-at-18-months-.jpg\" alt=\"The pediatrician didn't think that the condition would be permanent, thus the lack of diagnosis.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/carlinha1289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carlinha1289<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>As the months progressed (4 months)…<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/15909831385594-02-Emma-at-4-months.jpg\" alt=\"As the months progressed (4 months)...\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/carlinha1289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carlinha1289<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Her eyes didn’t correct themselves (5 months).<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/15909831386524-03-Emma-at-5-months.jpg\" alt=\"Her eyes didn't correct themselves (5 months).\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/carlinha1289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carlinha1289<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Finally, at 6 months, her parents knew something needed to be done.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/15909831388218-04-Emma-at-6-months-.jpg\" alt=\"Finally, at 6 months, her parents knew something needed to be done.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/carlinha1289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carlinha1289<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>At 8 months old, she got her first pair of glasses (which were adorable).<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/15909831397991-05-First-pair-of-glasses.jpg\" alt=\"At 8 months old, she got her first pair of glasses (which were adorable).\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/carlinha1289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carlinha1289<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>She looked quite fancy at her baptism.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/15909831391972-06-Emma-at-her-baptism-8-months.jpg\" alt=\"She looked quite fancy at her baptism.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/carlinha1289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carlinha1289<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>&ldquo;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.&rdquo;<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1590983139633-07-Patching-and-new-glasses.jpg\" alt=\"&ldquo;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.&rdquo;\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/carlinha1289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carlinha1289<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>At 14 months she was getting pretty used to her life with glasses.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/15909831393400-08-Emma-at-about-14-months.jpg\" alt=\"At 14 months she was getting pretty used to her life with glasses.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/carlinha1289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carlinha1289<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>And finally, the day of the surgery to correct the esotropia-strabismus.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/15909831393017-09-Surgery-day.jpg\" alt=\"And finally, the day of the surgery to correct the esotropia-strabismus.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/carlinha1289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carlinha1289<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>After the surgery, Emma’s eyes would have felt like sandpaper. She was pretty upset (and it was pretty heartbreaking).<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/15909831399834-10-Post-surgery-first-time-opening-her-eyes.jpg\" alt=\"After the surgery, Emma's eyes would have felt like sandpaper. She was pretty upset (and it was pretty heartbreaking).\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/carlinha1289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carlinha1289<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Finally sleeping with mommy.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/15909831396470-11-Sleeping-on-mommy039s-arms.jpg\" alt=\"Finally sleeping with mommy.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/carlinha1289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carlinha1289<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Her eyes were sensitive to light at first, so the nurses gave her some pink star glasses that she loved.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/15909831399279-12-Leaving-the-hospital-with-daddy.jpg\" alt=\"Her eyes were sensitive to light at first, so the nurses gave her some pink star glasses that she loved.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/carlinha1289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carlinha1289<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Now, Emma’s sight is much better and she doesn’t require the patch or glasses for now. What a cutie.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/15909831392982-13-Surgery-was-a-success-.jpg\" alt=\"Now, Emma's sight is much better and she doesn't require the patch or glasses for now. What a cutie.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/carlinha1289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carlinha1289<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<p>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&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pedseye.com\/strabismus_esotropia.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pediatric ophthalmologist<\/a>. Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pics\/comments\/205riy\/my_daughter_over_went_surgery_to_fix_her\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reddit<\/a> We’re so happy Emma’s surgery had a happy ending! Share her journey with others by clicking on the button below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/viralnova.com\/baby-girl-eye-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/viralnova.com\/baby-girl-eye-surgery\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/72296\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How Doctors Turned A Beautiful Baby Girl Into An Even More Beautiful Baby Girl. This Is Great.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":72297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[409],"tags":[831,43204,43206,43205,506],"class_list":["post-72296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-baby","tag-baby-eye-surgery","tag-before-and-after-surgery","tag-eye-surgery-results","tag-heartwarming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/15909831407735-05-First-pair-of-glasses.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}