Ann Z. posted an article on Little four eyes - Dec 3, 2009, 11:03 pm
One question I see a lot is how different will a child’s eyes look when they’re wearing glasses, especially if they have particularly high prescriptions.  It is true that glasses will cha...
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Ann Z. posted an article on Little four eyes - Dec 2, 2009, 1:38 pm
Yeah for patching! I am very excited to share with you that we have now had 3 visits where Elliana is measuring at 20/40 and 20/50 (with glasses of course) Our 12 hour, full time, patching has paid ...
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Ann Z. posted an article on The Tragic Optimist - Nov 26, 2009, 1:34 pm
I’ve been thinking about thankfulness (not too surprisingly, given that today is Thanksgiving).  I keep getting caught in the big things to be thankful for – the family / health / friends...
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Ann Z. posted an article on Little four eyes - Nov 25, 2009, 3:16 pm
I loved the Mr. Men and Little Miss books as a kid, so I was excited when Dr. Holser at Advanced Eye Care in Grand Rapids posted a video of the three characters from that series that wear glasses (Lit...
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Ann Z. posted an article on Little four eyes - Nov 22, 2009, 10:19 pm
Thursday is Thanksgiving in the US, the day that we pause for a moment to give thanks for all that we have.  But I feel like starting a bit early.  So in the spirit of giving thanks, here are a few ...
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Ann Z. posted an article on Little four eyes - Nov 17, 2009, 10:42 pm
I recently got a question about when a doctor might not prescribe glasses for a child, even if the child was nearsighted or farsighted.  I did some research and found consensus guidelines for prescri...
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Ann Z. posted an article on The Tragic Optimist - Nov 13, 2009, 11:42 pm
I love science.  My job involves searching for the published record of scientific studies, but much as I’d love to, I don’t get to participate in any actual sciencing much anymore.  Toda...
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Ann Z. posted an article on Little four eyes - Nov 9, 2009, 2:53 pm
I’m very happy to announce that Amomofelly gave birth to a little boy on Nov. 7. They’re hoping to head home from the hospital today. She writes, “Elly is in LOVE with him and trie...
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Ann Z. posted an article on The Tragic Optimist - Nov 8, 2009, 10:28 pm
A friend and I were talking the other day, and realized that 1989 was 20 years ago.  (Yeah, the math department may not be too pleased to find out that their librarian is not super fast at the subtra...
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Ann Z. posted an article on The Tragic Optimist - Nov 7, 2009, 11:30 pm
First thing, thank you everyone for being so open in sharing your stories and thoughts on my last post.  It was extremely helpful for my friend.  I am so sorry that your wisdom and thoughts meant th...
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Ann Z. posted an article on Little four eyes - Nov 3, 2009, 10:54 pm
Melissa from Children’s Hospital Boston’s pediatric blog, Thrive, wrote about a baby undergoing a new surgical procedure, called keratoprosthesis to replace her damaged cornea with an artifici...
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Ann Z. posted an article on Little four eyes - Nov 3, 2009, 9:37 pm
I just got this question from Jenny.  Her daughter is almost 4 and has just (this weekend) gotten glasses for strabismus, amblyopia, and farsightedness.  She’s wondering whether her daughter s...
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Ann Z. posted an article on Little four eyes - Nov 2, 2009, 4:37 am
Humor and patching – at Insights, a sweet post about her daughter’s sense of humor around patching. Interview about Corneal Reshaping – Dr. Bonilla-Warford (Bright Eyes News) has an ...
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Ann Z. posted an article on The Tragic Optimist - Oct 28, 2009, 11:07 am
An acquaintance of mine is a doctor, she recently had to tell a woman that she’d had a miscarriage. She wrote: “I don’t think I did a great job of it and I want to do it better next ...
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Ann Z. posted an article on Little four eyes - Oct 27, 2009, 10:36 pm
This came up in a comment from Erin, “I would love to hear what people say about the younger siblings is the glasses.  My son is ALWAYS grabbing at mine and my husbands and we’re not as c...
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