I am writing this to help other parents feel more at ease about exotropia strabismus surgery for their child. It took me over six months to come to grips with my child needing surgery. I kept hearing it was an easy surgery done on many children with no problems. Still I had three different specialists look at my daughter and agree that this type of strabismus surgery needed to be done. I only wish I had read this article I am now writing months ago by another parent so I would have known what to expect and not been so fearful over it.

I wasn't at all nervous. All week I had told people I was going to get my eyes laser beamed to the ho-hum response of; 'oh that's nice.' My consultation had been smooth and apparently I was a strong candidate. I scheduled the surgery on the spot.