lynn

I just spoke to him on the phone and he told me to come down for the 3 weeks. Funny, at the time i wasn't sure it helped, but just recently DS said that the 3 weeks had been the hardest of his life and he learned that quitting and lying down in bed (which is essentially what he had been doing) would never be an option again.

The one thing that works for these is Listerene mouthwash, full strength on the sore for at least 30 seconds. Stings a bit, but starts the healing right away. Keep up twice a day until gone. Must be some topical antiviral. It does hurt at first but even at 8, DS preferred that to keeping the canker sore.

Don't have Duane's Retraction Syndrome, however I wanted to report that I found an optometrist that takes Blue Cross here in Queens. Took DS there last Saturday and unsurprisingly he had both the wandering eye and the focussing problems. He doesn't recommend the glasses for DS, just VT. We will give it a try-it was eerie to watch the dr cover one eye, tell him to look to the side, and have the doctor lift the cover and see the other eye looking somewhere else. DS is pretty jazzed to try it. He told the doctor that he often sees double and that he really enjoys reading but avoids it because it is so hard (never told me this). I really hope that this works, because there is a reading problem clearly, and because DS wants it to so much. However, things typically don't work for us. It will be a clever little balancing trick to keep him committed enough to do the work and yet not totally convinced that it will absolutely fix everything.

Very interesting. I've been thinking for a while that DS's inability to concentrate on reading is something like that, but none of our docs have really focussed on it. Is there a special doctor type I should look for?