[blindkid] Conformer question?

[Richard Holloway]

I should correct an error from my earlier reply-- Our daughter, Kendra  
is six-years-old. I think she got her most recent set of painted  
shells at about age four but got her first painted ones at age two  
(more specifically at about 25 months) and had started with her first  
clear conformer on one side at about two months. We did find that at  
such a young age with the painted shells she looked a bit "doll-like"  
with the them in because the size of the irises and retinas was a bit  
larger than they would typically have appeared but we were very  
pleased with the overall effect.

Still, the most important thing to us by far was getting the  
conformers which have a much more pronounced effect on bone  
development as opposed to adding the immediate cosmetic effects of the  
painted shells. (If we'd have waited longer to get the shells to  
replace the conformers there would have been no long-term effect from  
the delay as her body grew and developed-- the bones could care less  
if what is pressing against them is clear or looks like a typical  
eye....)

Richard




On May 13, 2009, at 9:30 PM, Laurie Burns wrote:

> 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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