Re: my baby. :(

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Thanks--that was an interesting article. I now have a list of 20 or

so questions to ask. (And the list keeps getting longer!)

> , I'm sorry for the pain and worry that this news must have

> brought. Please don't blame yourself for your baby's cataract.

That's a

> natural reaction for a loving mother to have, but don't go there.

>

> Unless you willfully did something that you knew would harm your

child,

> you shouldn't feel any guilt. Moreover, the fact is that we don't

even

> know all of the reasons that pediatric cataracts occur. It's

impossible

> to prevent something from happening if you don't know what all of

the

> risk factors are.

>

> I don't know about the Kenalog injection, but it seems unlikely

that one

> shot would be to blame. Too, I don't see anything in the literature

to

> suggest that your systemic problems could have influenced the

> development of a unilateral cataract in your child.

>

> Of course, I'm sure you'll ask these questions of the pediatric

> ophthalmologist at Children's.

>

>

> Here is a very interesting article that may help:

>

> From Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, " Congenital and

> Infantile Cataract in the United Kingdom: Underlying or Associated

> Factors " :

> http://www.iovs.org/cgi/content/full/41/8/2108

>

>

> Please keep us posted. You and your baby and family are in my

prayers.

>

>

>

>

>

> [ ] my baby.

>

>

> > I took my 10 month old in today to see a pediatric opthalmologist

> > because I thought her eye was starting to wander. Well, long

story

> > short, she does have a wandering eye, but also has a rare cataract

> > completely restricting vision in her left eye. She is 100% blind

in

> > that eye and will need to have surgery as soon as possible to

> > correct it. MY PO is calling the head of Children's Memorial's

eye

> > dept Monday to get her in. (Dr. Metz, for anyone who cares/knows

> > her--I know there are a bunch of us in Illinois) Not only are

> > cataracts rare in kids, but the particular type she has is even

more

> > rare, which is why my PO won't operate on her. She said often

this

> > type is cause by a systemic problem or a metabolic problem. I am

> > sick over this. Does my having RA have anything to do with this?

> > Could I have also given it to my poor baby?? Anyone out there

have

> > any knowledge of cataracts in kids and/or adult auto-immune

disease

> > causing this kind of thing? I was on NO meds the entire

pregnancy,

> > except one shot of kenelog. (Could that one steroid shot have

> > caused it??) I cannot stop thinking that this is somehow

my " fault " -

> > -even thought I know in my heart that it isn't....

> >

> >