DD(4) also has intermittent exotropic strabismus. One eye turns outward ever so slightly, especially when she is sick or tired--which has been the case now for the last three months--bad cold season! I have also noticed that her eye gets fatigued after reading.
She was diagnosed before she turned two, and in a way that has been a blessing because it has kept me from EVER forcing her to read anything. I do not want to make her eyes worse. And, if her eyes are not ready they are simply not ready, which really goes for any child, vision issue or not.
DD is four, so it is really hard to say how much the eye affects her. She is reading way above level--I understand the "sigh of relief" there. At the same time, I know it affects her. I just know. When she was little she used to say "I see two mommies" when looking at me with the turn. Is it something she just has to deal with? The research out there about this condition is so inconclusive. Surgery may correct the turn, but it may not improve the wonky vision or fatigue. Results are subjective.
