http://familynatters.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:21:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Babies and toddlers often dislike wearing eye patches when they have a squint, and of course there's no reasoning with them at that age.  Here are some ideas how to help them keep it on: [put gloves on them put a T-shirt or jumper on them that has sleeves that are too ... http://familynatters.com/2008/09/23/baby-toddler-squints-how-to-keep-an-eye-patch-on/ Ansiometropia is an eye condition that causes variable vision and/ or blurring.  It can arise because there is a big difference between the prescirptions of the two eyes and the brain can not cope.  A person may become aware of the condition when their opthamolgist has difficulty getting a full ... http://familynatters.com/2008/09/22/what-is-ansiometropia-and-how-is-it-treated/ The best way to treat corneal warpage is to stop wearing contact lenses and allow the conreas to heal themselves.  Depending on what kind of lenses you have been wearing, your age and how badly they were warped, it may take anything from a week to many months for them ... http://familynatters.com/2008/09/21/how-is-corneal-warpage-treated/ Corneal warpage is when a cornea has distorted out of its natural shape.  Often it occurs in people who have over-used contact lenses, by wearing them for too many hours.  Alternatively it can arise by wearing contact lenses that don't fit corrctly or because some people's eyes need more oxgen ... http://familynatters.com/2008/09/20/what-is-corneal-warpage/ If you or a relative are diagnosed with having a cavernous angioma (also known as cavernous hemangioma, cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) and cavernoma) you may wish to visit http://www.angiomaalliance.org.uk.  This site allows members to get in touch with and learn from each other.  Reading other people's stories makes you realise that you ... http://familynatters.com/2008/03/07/support-and-information-for-cavernoma-sufferers/ Years after tearing my anterior cruciate ligament in a skiing accident, then completely rupturing it while trampoling, I finally decided to have it repaired.  I was at a stage where it was unstable even when I was walking the kids to school, and was swelling up for no reason I could think ... http://familynatters.com/2008/03/06/acl-reconstruction-recovery-and-what-to-expect/ In this video that may be useful when teaching QCA hisory unit 9,  Alice remembers the Second World War.    Alice, who lived in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, talks about evacuees, rationing, blackouts, bombings, what people ate in the war, and land girls. What are your personal memories of war? http://familynatters.com/2008/03/05/qca-history-unit-9-second-world-war/ (continued from Cerebral haemorhage due to rupture of cavernous haemogina - early days) The next day she had a CT scan which confirmed a brain haemorrhage, and with a doctor and nurse, were sent off to a specialist hospital that had a dedicated ward, lights flashing and siren sometimes wailing.  Once ... http://familynatters.com/2008/03/04/cerebral-haemorhage-due-to-rupture-of-cavernous-haemogina-part-2/ Annie had a cerebral haemorrhage due to the rupture of a cavernous hemangioma when she was 5 weeks old.  She nearly died and was in hospital for 10 days.  The doctors did not know for a long time what the problem was.   At 9 o' clock in the morning she ... http://familynatters.com/2008/03/03/cerebral-haemorhage-due-to-rupture-of-cavernous-haemogina-early-days/ One of the best value canal boat day's out is Pennine Cruisers of Skipton.   We hired one of their larger boats in February, and as it was their winter rate, it cost us just £85 for up to 10 people.  The children loved helping to open and close the many swing ... http://familynatters.com/2008/03/01/canal-boating-in-skipton/