[blindkid] Conformer question?

[dhammelia at aol.com]

 I'm sure my wife will weigh in on this as she has prosthetic eyes which are the end result after having conformers.

Our two adopted children also have conformers they have the same condition as my wife microopthalmia (small eyes).

They don't take the conformers out except once in a great while to clean them or if they fall out.

They do act to protect the eye as well as increase the eye socket to normal size.

Initially they have to be increased in size several times as the eye socket grows.

Eventually they become stable and then can be replaced by a prosthetic eye which appears just like a normal eye.

I would recommend them.

David Hammel


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Laurie Burns <lburns24 at yahoo.com>
To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
Sent: Wed, 13 May 2009 8:30 pm
Subject: [blindkid] Conformer question?










Hi there,
Is anyone familiar with conformers?? Our eye doctor suggested it for our 
daughter to help keep the eyes healthy.? Hannah is completely blind.? She 
explained that these conformers will help to keep the eye healthy and growing.? 
If we do nothing, then eventually her eyes may start to set back in her head 
further and further.? SHe also said that the eyelids/eyes don't grow and this 
helps to stretch out the eye area/lids to make her look more "normal".? They are 
a hard, clear,?plastic shell that you insert over the eye.? Eventually you can 
have them painted different colors if you want.? I hope this makes sense and 
someone else has gone through this?? I was just wondering if this is necessary, 
cosmetic, a good idea???? Any thoughts would be helpful!? Thank you!? Laurie 
Wages


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