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Your stories: Evie’s little eye adventure
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...
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Reader Post: An Apology
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...
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Reader post: letter to an eye patch
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...
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Reader posts: Dear Emma
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...
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Book review and giveaway: Samantha Wears a Contact Lens and Patch…JUST LIKE YOU
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...
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Your stories: Not a pirate, just a kid
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...
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Book reviews: Three new books written by authors who have been through it! My...
I’m excited to be reviewing three new books by Juliette Vignola, and Cynthia Davis and Baby Sue Acree. The authors of these books have all been through glasses either as a parent of a young child in...
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Your stories: Her First and Won’t be Her Last
Tara from Happy Soul Project kindly sent in this post reflecting on a year since her little girl had eye surgery. She describes the fears and uncertainty that we all felt when we first learned our...
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Your stories: The kid in the green glasses
Huge thanks to Melissa for sending in this post, which covers one of my favorite topics: self-portraits of kids in glasses. It ran originally on her blog, A Boy, His Brother, the Mischief they Find....
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Guest post – can my child wear contact lenses?
A huge thanks to Dr. Kanevsky for writing this post about children and contact lenses. She addresses both when it’s important for babies and toddlers to have contacts, and information about older...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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