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3 year old blinking one eye shut? tic?

My daughter just turned 3 and has been blinking/closing her right eye shut for the past 3 weeks.  At first, it looked like a wink and we thought she was doing it on purpose, but it has turned into a more forceful wink of the right eye and sometimes her cheek tenses up.  After it happens she tells me her eye/or cheek hurt her.  My doctor said it is probably just a tic.  If it gets worse or doesn't subside within 4 weeks I am to take her back.  I am worried it might get worse or be something alot more serious altogether.  What are some things I can do to help her if it is a tic?  What else could it be?  Oh...and she sometimes rubs her right eye and tells me it hurts.  Any suggestions..or has anyone heard of something like this before?
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my daughter is 3 1/2 and is complaining of the exact same syptoms, except it is her left eye.  Let me know if you have found anything out...we're still stumped.  
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my daughter is 3 1/2 and is complaining of the exact same syptoms, except it is her left eye.  Let me know if you have found anything out...we're still stumped.  
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