My name is Francisco Oller, and I was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Although I came into this world without any complications, I developed nystagmus within two weeks. After a CT scan and MRI, I was immediately referred by my father’s uncle, Dr. Jose Luis Garcia Oller, to Dr. Neil Miller, a neurophtalmologist at Wilmer Eye Institute at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. At three months, my diagnosis was thought to be either congenital motor nystagmus or spasmus nutans. Later on, I developed head nodding, which did not cease until I was nine months old.
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