Microphthalmia – Helpful Resources for Parents

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October 19, 2015 at 1:58 pm #850
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Below is a list of helpful websites and resources for parents of children with microphthalmia, anophthalmia, or retinoblastoma. We encourage you to respond with your own useful links and resources!
December 4, 2015 at 3:06 pm #866

Jenna Meeks
Thank you so much for sharing these! My baby girl was very recently diagnosed with microphthalmia and these resources have been extremely helpful.
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My eye injury happened in 1966 at the age of 4 years old, a lifetime ago- over half a century. While many memories of childhood are faint and faded; I have distinct and terrifying memories of my experience getting my first artificial eye. A child sitting in that big chair, the smells, the noises. I outgrew that artificial eye and had to go through that experience yet again at the age of 12. I remember the multiple times returning to the office located in the back of the optometrist office. The days upon days- the grinding noise of the machine grinding the eye to fit. That eye- poor fitting and faded I kept for the next 44 years. I was petrified and became that 4 year old little boy every time I have visited the eye doctor. Every time. That little boy in the big chair, a lifetime ago, with no knowledge of what was happening. Technology certainly has changed in 52 years, but the thing that has helped me to relax in this environment is the simple conversation and communication that has taken place throughout the process. It in many ways has made me feel like a big boy in a little chair. I’m not sure why, but I feel like a half century of fear and anxiety has been lifted.
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