We have suspected for some time now that our 4 year old son may be dealing with some of the poor vision issues his 10 year old brother faces.\u00a0 (Conversion Insufficiency \u2013 true double vision caused by his eyes working completely independent of each other, dyslexia, etc.)\u00a0 We are seeing in him the same symptoms which we explained away in his brother, i.e. no writing or coloring at age 4, extreme fear of heights, fear of animals, constant touching of things as he walks past them (to figure out where they really are), etc.\u00a0 They are so easy to explain as boyhood or immaturity, but we are so familiar with them and the direction they have taken us before now.<\/p>\n
Doctors will tell you that there is know known cause for these issues, but I think we have found a circumstantial genetic link to my own grandfather.\u00a0 My mother\u2019s father was asked to leave school in the second grade because he was \u201cincapable of being taught to read.\u201d\u00a0 He was functionally illiterate for most of his life, reading very slowly and having paperwork filled out for him by coworkers.\u00a0 According to my mother, he would often close one eye when he was reading because that one was \u201ctired.\u201d\u00a0 This sounds so like my boy (boys?).<\/p>\n
I want more for them than this.\u00a0 I want more than a physically demanding menial job for the rest of their lives.\u00a0 I want them to be able to participate in and SEE the world around them.\u00a0 While I am grateful for the knowledge I have gained, the insight I have gathered\u2026..I would rather not ever have to use it again\u2026.but it seems that I will.<\/p>\n
I keep wondering if it is coincidental that my two blue-eyed children are the boys with vision issues.\u00a0 Is it somehow linked on to that recessive gene?\u00a0 I don\u2019t know, but I do know that I hope the new baby has brown eyes like her perfect-seeing siblings.\u00a0 Her hair can be any color, but can her eyes be brown?<\/p>\n
And I\u2019m on the lookout for a cool picture of St Lucy.\u00a0 She\u2019s about to become my new best friend, ready or not.\u00a0 We need help with my sons and their beautiful blue eyes.\u00a0 If only eyes that lovely could see\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We have suspected for some time now that our 4 year old son may be dealing with some of the poor vision issues his 10 year old brother faces.\u00a0 (Conversion Insufficiency \u2013 true double vision caused by his eyes working completely independent of each other, dyslexia, etc.)\u00a0 We are seeing in him the same symptoms […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1979,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n