Hello,
My 7 year old son underwent strabismus surgery 5 days back. His was a case of exotropia and hypertroia in right eye since birth. The doctor decided to operate on both the eyes.
Immediately after the surgery my son developed a double vision. The surgeon said sometimes double vision is considered good after the surgery as it gives hope for a binocular vision.
However in the last few days his vision hasn't improved a lot. The two images as per him are overlapping some 20%. However he is able to function normally since day 2 like reading, writing or playing ball. He keeps saying that I ignore the virtual image but it's not completely resolved.
My concerns are: a. Will the double vision clear off on its own? Has anyone else experienced double vision posy surgery? How much time should I expect it to resolve?
b. If my son's brain continue to ignore the virtual image does that indicate that his chances of binocular vision is diminishing?
Additional info: his right eye was over corrected on purpose.
Any information, experience will be much much appreciated.