The contacts have been in use for about 2 weeks! We have had a hard time with them, as we somewhat expected. But the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks...though you may have to remind us of that on tough nights! We tried soft contacts, with no luck, and switched to hard contacts. The benefit to these is that we can leave them in longer, they provide a little bit more focus for Parker, and they are slightly easier to take in and out.
We VERY quickly realized that it is just about impossible (unless you have about 6-8 hands) to do anything near Parker's eyes while he is awake. Thankfully, we are able to do just about everything we need to while Parker is asleep. We also discovered that it is REALLY hard to take out someone else's contacts, so we use a mini plunger, one that you might expect to find in a doll house, to take the contacts out.
The scary times are when the contacts get stuck-- the right one doesn't have a perfect fit, and easily becomes dislodged and stuck in the corner of Parker's eye, and knowing that since he only cooperates while sleeping, if there were ever an emergency, we would be left helpless without outside help.
But the benefit....Parker can see! In less than two weeks of consistent use, Parker has learned how to put things in and take them out of a bucket, play mini-basketball, and launch for people who are across the room! It is so incredible to watch him develop so rapidly, though it is very difficult to manage the emotions that come from "what if..." questions, like "what if we had gotten these 6 months ago?" I suspect that will be a recurring theme that I will need to work on!
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What happened with/to Annie Golden Heart? Was she ever on a transplant list ? There are people with many questions as to how is she? is there any way to contact the family?
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