Nine months ago my second-grade daughter was diagnosed with Amblyopia (Lazy Eye). Today she shows no sign of Amblyopia. I should be happy, right? Here are the highlights:
We went to Family Optometry (http://www.familyoptometry.net) and were really impressed with Dr. Tsang who made the initial diagnosis. She offered us a scholarship and emphasized that we needed to start Vision Therapy immediately and for the next 40 weeks.
40 weeks, and $5000 later, we were very happy to have completed this therapy which included pulling our daughter out of school every week and daily exercises. To say that my daughter hated therapy would be an understatement. However, for the first time in 40 weeks, we were told that our daughter hadn't been progressing that well and that she would need another 40 weeks of therapy. Their rates had gone up, so the cost was about 10% more than before.
At this point we got a second opinion. The verdict was that our daughter probably did have Amblyopia, but certainly did not any longer. This leaves us torn. On one hand we should be happy because we watched her ability to read excel. Nine months ago my daughter couldn't pass the depth perception tests. On the other hand we are being told that she probably would have outgrown her Amblyopia on her own. Vision Therapy is not medically proven to cure Amblyopia, fidgeting, or the many other things were were told it would help.
Your insurance will not cover Vision Therapy for a reason. It seems to be a very dishonest practice with questionable results.
