May I ask some followup?
(see initial post: suddenly cross-eyed)

Please criticise these thoughts...

It seems to me that some children have a slowly deteriorating vision.
I, myself, have bad eyes and it became obvious by fourth grade.

My daughter has two issues: 1) mildly bad eyes (+1., +1.75); and
2) an asymmetry in her vision.

Now as I understand (assuming on neurological disorder - a separate
issue that will be investigated with MRI shortly), there are two issues
then.

1) My daughter compensates by removing one eye from the focus
   (going cross-eyed)
2) Does she need glasses.  And if she needs glasses, what for?
       a) to balance out both eyes to reinforce the occular fusion
       b) to see better.

If she needs glasses for the occular fusion, are there not better ways?

Is it possible that the give and take and the beaurocracy of health care
is such that the easy and fast track were the glasses?  Is it possible that,
if the opthmalogist were fully aware what activist parents that my wife
and I are, that perhpas there are other interventions?

Second, if the glasses are for bad eyesight, I must then weigh:
1) cost in regard to my daughters impatience and frustration
2) benefits in how well she will see.

Naturally, we will persue the MRI.  In the next few days.  So...

What would all of you advise?  Try to force the glasses now and wait
for the MRI at the same time?  (We are talking here about a very stubborn
2 year, 9 month little girl)

Let the doctor know we are intersted in eye exercises?

Please advise.

(and again, if you MUST email, please email to:
impelluso@engineeringREMOVETHIS.sdsu.edu

thanks
Tom