We are so excited to announce we will be giving away a free Eye Power Kid’s Wear t-shirt! All of you- our friends, family, followers, pledgers and newcomers have been so wonderful in helping us reach our goal and help these kids feel AWESOME about wearing glasses and patches. We want to thank you with …
Ruby was born with a congenital cataract in her right eye. We didn’t discover this until a fateful night at urgent care when she was three months old. We were there in the middle of the night for a serious case of RSV. But the doctor kept coming back to her eye. I was concerned …
We reached our goal! Yay! Thank you everyone for your help! We are so excited! We have 16 days to go till our project is finished. Lets make this thing HUGE! The more pledges we get the more money we can raise to pay for more shirts. Since we have reached our initial goal of …
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 …
Charlotte was born with bilateral congenital cataracts and had her first surgery when she was 13 days old. Her first two years were rough. She had multiple surgeries, didn’t tolerate contacts for very long, and developed glaucoma in both eyes. But since she switched to glasses and her glaucoma stabilized, she’s been doing beautifully. She’s …
Charlott & Garrett: Bilateral Congenital Cataracts and Glaucoma Read More »
All of our kids are AMAZING super heroes! If you want to give them just a little bit more of that feeling when they receive their glasses super hero shirt then I have created a couple tutorials just for you. Your kids will love acting like a super hero in their super hero mask, cuffs …
Baby V had crazy eyes as many newborns do. The difference was that her eyes didn’t fully straighten out by 3 months of age. She had alternating eye turns, especially noticeable in photos that I had taken of her. Since we were concerned, we had her examined by a pediatric optometrist at 3 1/2 months. …
Mirabel is 21 months old and she has Koolen deVries Syndrome – a microdeletion of part of her 17th chromosome (17q21.31). The syndrome is rare with 1 in 16,000 being born with the condition. Mirabel was born with crossed eyes and has been diagnosed with alternating esotrpia and accomodative esotropia, congential nystagmus, far-sightedness and astigmatism. …
Tommy is 2 years old. He has a unilateral congenital cataract discovered when he was 3 days old. He had his cataract removed at 5 weeks old and has been wearing a patch ever since. Just before he turned 2, he got his first pair of glasses- bifocals! He loves his sisters, trains, cars, and …
Mahli was diagnosed with a unilateral cataract when she was 9 months old and had it removed just a week later. The diagnosis turned our world upside down, and to be honest, it was a hard pill to swallow at first. As any parents would, we asked the hard questions like “What did we do …
Emma is turning one in June. She has only been here for a year, but she has sure filled our lives with joy, laughter, and fun! When Emma was born her left eye did not develop correctly. We noticed something was wrong the day she was born and we thought it was possibly a cataract. …
Our story starts at Lily’s routine 2 week check up. Our pediatrician did all the normal tests: listened to her, shined lights up her nose and in her ears. Then she came to her eyes and she took an abnormally long time on her right eye. I asked what was wrong and she said she …
William was just under 18 months old when we noticed his left eye turning in. At first we wondered if we were right but then others started to notice. So we took him to the health visitor who referred us to optometrist. The first appointment determined he had a squint and resulted in a referral …
This Is Eli! 16 Months Old Elias Was Born With Bilateral Congenital Cataracts! He Had Bilateral Lensectomy ( Both Lenses Removed ) At 4 Weeks Old, And Has Been Wearing Contacts And Glasses Ever Since! Despite The Slight Delay In His Vision Development, Elias Has Never Let Anything Hold Him Back! He Is A Very …
As one of the people helping plan the great glasses play day this year I wanted to make a post and tell everyone about this fun day! The Great Glasses Play Day is co-founded by Anne Zawaistoski (the amazing woman who started the Little four eyes site) and Kristin Ellsworth (from Peeps Eyewear.) This will be a …
Eye Power Kids Wear creates products for kids and adults to make glasses and eye patches cool!
