Your stories: Not a pirate, just a kid
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by Ann Z
2y ago
September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.  It’s a silly day to enjoy saying “ARRRR” and “avast!”  And in recent years, it’s also been a day to raise money for charitable causes such as Childhood Cancer Support.  I’m a big fan of silliness, and a huge fan of supporting worthy causes, but as Nicola reminds us in her wonderful story of her son and his eye patch, pirates are not always cause for celebration for our kids.  – Ann Z No! My son is not a pirate! Today is International Speak Like a Pirate Day, which is a fantastic awareness and fundraising day for Childho ..read more
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Book review and giveaway: Samantha Wears a Contact Lens and Patch…JUST LIKE YOU
For Little Eyes » Cataracts
by Ann Z
2y ago
Samantha is like most other kids:  She love to read books, she plays outside with her friends, she gets hugs from her mom to make her feel better.  Oh, and Samantha wears a contact lens and a patch due to a congenital cataract. In Juliette Vignola’s book, “Samantha Wears a Contact Lens and a Patch,” we get to see a day in the life of Samantha.  She is a happy girl, whose day includes having her mom put in her contact and patching.  But neither of those activities are portrayed as being something strange, rather they’re simply presented as a normal part of her day.  It ..read more
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Reader posts: Dear Emma
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by reader posts
2y ago
Lindsay blogs about her son Jack, who was born with cataracts, at Jack’s Journey.  She shared this lovely letter that she’s written to her new baby girl.  – Ann Z Dear Emma, Someday, you might be reading this blog and wondering why I wrote all of this for your brother. Well, now that you’re at the wise old age of 3 months, it’s high time I explain a few things to you. After all, by this age, Jack had already had 2 surgeries and was wearing glasses! First off, I love you baby girl, but you are a terrible sleeper. It’s enough for me to put on matching shoes every day! But that’s n ..read more
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Reader post: letter to an eye patch
For Little Eyes » Cataracts
by Ann Z
2y ago
Every one is writing letters to their eye patches these days (Melissa shared hers recently, too)!  Missy shared her own letter to her son, Austin’s patch.  What would you say in a letter to your child’s glasses, contacts, or patch?  – Ann Z Dear EyePatch, I despise what you do to our mornings. “A” dreads getting out of his bed because of you. He will lay there awake and tell me to go away when I check on him to avoid contact with you. We are inserting a cuddle session sans you in the mornings to avoid this. I appreciate that you have given my child not only usable vision in a p ..read more
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Reader Post: An Apology
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by reader posts
2y ago
Melissa, whose son, Anderson has a pediatric cataract, sent in this post dedicated to Anderson’s eye patch.  She blogs at A boy, his brother, and the mischief they find. – Ann Z Dear Eyepatch, Hi. I hope you’re doing well. I feel like this is really awkward because we both know that I have put this off for a long time and you have just been too professional to say anything. I appreciate that. It has been 2 1/2 years to the day since we first met. 30 months. That is a long time for a relationship between a person and a band-aid. I really hated you the first time I saw you. Actually, if I a ..read more
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Your stories: Evie’s little eye adventure
For Little Eyes » Cataracts
by reader posts
2y ago
Georgina kindly shares the story of her daughter’s diagnosis and treatment of PHPV with us.  Many, many thanks! – Ann Z I wanted to share our story and experiences of discovering that our little girl had something wrong with her eye – a condition called PHPV (Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous, also known as Persistent Fetal Vascular Syndrome or PFVS). I found I searched the internet until I was blue in the face (not that I think it does any good), and it was nice to hear of people that had been through the same or similar. You can see the cloudiness in Evie’s left eye It all bega ..read more
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Your stories: 2646 hours of patching, 3 surgeries, and too many drops to count – our girl is finally done!
For Little Eyes » Cataracts
by Ann Z
4y ago
Jessie Lynn shared this story and her amazing photo shoot of her daughter’s last day of patching on the facebook group. Many thanks to her for giving permission to share it here as well! -Ann Z After 2646 hours of patching, 3 surgeries, and too many drops to count, our girl is finally done! Follow up visits to happen, but vision in her injured eye is 20/25 and holding steady for a year now! HUGE thank you to OHSU Casey Eye Institute and Dr Lorri Wilson for her amazing care! Pictures are from her literal last time of taking off her patch ! (Photo credits: Jessie Arambul Photography) — Jessi ..read more
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