Category Archives: cataracts

Your stories: The adventures of Ruby & her eye patch

Many thanks to Megan for sharing the story of her daughter, Ruby – Ann Z Ruby is just like any other 16 month old. She’s working on mastering the art of walking, enjoys searching for the perfect bedtime book by pulling them all off the shelf and playing with her parents and little friends. She’sContinue reading “Your stories: The adventures of Ruby & her eye patch”

In thanks

Those of us in the US are preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving later this week, a day to eat turkey (or tofurkey or whatever) with family and friends and to think about what we’re thankful for.  We often complain about the rude comments or stares from strangers, but in the spirit of giving thanks, I’d loveContinue reading “In thanks”

Your stories: A Green One

June is Cataract awareness month, so we’re featuring stories from families that have dealt with pediatric cataracts.  Many thanks to Melissa for sharing her update on Anderson!  You can read more of Melissa’s writing at A perfect boy, a not so perfect eye. – Ann Z In honor of Cataract awareness month, I wanted toContinue reading “Your stories: A Green One”

Your stories: Has it been a year?

June is Cataract Awareness Month, so we’re featuring stories about families dealing with pediatric cataracts.  Thank you so much to Crystal, for sharing her son Grant’s story. You can read more of Crystal’s writing and more about Grant at her blog, Sight Restored. – Ann Z Has it been a year? A year since I toldContinue reading “Your stories: Has it been a year?”

Reader post: June is Cataract Awareness Month

Many thanks to Sheri from Stewart Snippets for writing this, and giving her permission to re-post it.  You can read the original here.  June is Cataract Awareness Month, and so I’m publishing a series of posts on pediatric cataracts.  If you’d like to write something this month, please let me know – Ann Z —Continue reading “Reader post: June is Cataract Awareness Month”

Reader post: imoms for a chance

Thanks to Melissa who wrote this post on her blog, perfect boy.  A not so perfect eye, and gave her permission to post it here. She’s written for us before, with her fantastic post on patching a toddler, and the lovely, eye believe.  You may also want to check out her other posts about her sonContinue reading “Reader post: imoms for a chance”

Your stories – Dear Easton

January is Glaucoma Awareness month.  I hope to feature stories this months about children with glaucoma.  Amanda was kind enough to share this post that she wrote for her son, that was originally published on her blog See the Distance. – Ann Z My son, Easton was born with a severely cloudy Cataract in hisContinue reading “Your stories – Dear Easton”

reader post – growing up with a cataract

Cyndi Lee left this as a comment this morning about her experiences as a child with a cataract.  She gave me permission to re-post it here.  Many thanks to her for sharing.  -Ann Z This is my first time writing anything about my cataracts….  I’m now 41, but I was born with a cataract onlyContinue reading “reader post – growing up with a cataract”

Patching a Toddler

Many, many thanks to Melissa Glover who gives us some hard-won advice on patching a very young toddler.  To follow her chronicle of “the patch”, check out her blog http://thegloverfamilyblog.blogspot.com/ I have a friend who runs marathons. She trains by completing 5, 10 or even 15 miles a day. While I have complete respect &Continue reading “Patching a Toddler”

Your stories – “I once was blind, but now I see”

Thank you so much to Crystal, for sharing her son Grant’s story. You can read more of Crystal’s writing and more about Grant at her blog, Sight Restored. -Ann Z I could probably make an accurate guess that most of us have heard the story in the Bible where Jesus heals the blind man. IContinue reading “Your stories – “I once was blind, but now I see””

Link round up – March 1, 2011

I’ve come across a pretty random assortment of links recently, on topics of vision therapy, cataracts, and a do-it-yourself iPhone app for vision testing. Questions for doctors – Stewart Snippets recently learned that her 2 year old son has lamellar cataracts.  She wrote a wonderful list of questions for her son’s doctors.  The questions areContinue reading “Link round up – March 1, 2011”

Calling all parents of young kids with contacts: request for experiences and advice

I’d been planning on doing a post on babies and young kids in contacts, since kids in contacts have been in the news recently.  Then earlier this week, this comment came in from Emam: I came across this website when searching for tips on how to put on contact lenses for babies. My son AdyaanContinue reading “Calling all parents of young kids with contacts: request for experiences and advice”