Dannielynn Needs an Eye Patch!
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Well, it’s a good thing for this little one that pirates are so cool right now, because poor little Dannielynn Birkhead has to wear an eye patch. Her daddy Larry Birkhead spoke exclusively with Entertainment Tonight about it, and said the eye patch is part of a treatment for strabismus. Strabismus is a condition where the eyes are not properly aligned and can also be known as lazy eye, or even appear as cross-eyed. So little Dannielynn is getting treatment to align her eyes properly, and the first step in that is an eye patch. Larry spoke with ET about the patch:
“I got her a little pirate doll to show her that people wear patches, and it’s OK, and daddy wears a patch if he has to to show her it’s OK. I’ve been really aggressive with the patch as much as I can be. At first she was really open to it and it didn’t really bother her. Now, she’s gotten a little smart because she can pull it off, so it’s a little bit harder for me to patch her.” ~ET
Aww, poor little thing. Let’s cross our fingers this treatment works soon. If it doesn’t, Danielynn may be facing surgery, and no baby should have to go through that.





