Jacksonville Pediatric Ophthalmologist & Adult Strabismus

Hi, I’m Anderson and I am lazy.  Well, my right eye is lazy, not me.  Actually, my right eye used to be lazy, but it’s not any more.  Here’s my story about my lazy eye and how I was able to fix it. In first grade, I found out I had a lazy right eye.  Actually, it is called amblyopia, but that is a hard word to pronounce.  Basically, I don’t see very well out of my right eye.  Fixing lazy eye usually requires patching.  I wasn’t interested in looking like a pirate in my first grade class, so the doctor decided to see if wearing glasses would be good enough.  Several years later, I decided it wasn’t good enough.  It really bugged me that part of me was being lazy.  I also learned that for some careers, 20/20 or better vision is needed.  Since I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up, I needed to get my lazy eye working. In November, I started seeing a doctor who specializes in treating kids with lazy eyes.  Her name is Dr. Duss.  She explained that vision is a process between your brain and the image coming from […]

Devin is a remarkable young man quick to discern if someone he encounters is kind or not. In a short space of time he will let you know if he wants you near him. As a bonus, his mom Sharon states, it sure helps your cause if you are a pretty girl. Vision Care and Down Syndrome Devin is thirty years old and has Down syndrome. “Down syndrome occurs when an individual has a full or partial extra copy of chromosone 21. This additional genetic material alters the course of development and causes the characteristics associated with Down syndrome. All people with Down Syndrome experience cognitive delays, but the effect is usually mild to moderate and is not indicative of the many strengths and talents that each individual possesses.” (ndss.org) Down syndrome does not define Devin, but it does affect his ability to communicate. Throughout his lifetime, Devin has seen every kind of doctor imaginable. Even though he happens to be non-verbal, he has no trouble letting everyone know with his actions when someone he meets in the medical field does not make him happy. More often than not, he does not take kindly to them. This can be quite […]