Category Archives: The Patch

Because we just can’t get enough therapy.

Posted on September 2, 2010 by

It’s official. Today, I scheduled Stella for weekly, ongoing vision therapy. I feel victorious! As in, “We’re going to the Super Bowl, baby!” (I probably need to get out more.) You see, our second opinion (the first being Seattle Children’s … Continue reading →

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Fashion visionary, so to speak

Posted on September 1, 2010 by

Right before Stella began wearing her fabulous French glasses, we purchased this (currently sold out) onesie from Threadless: Soon after Stella started patching, I found this beauty at Hanna Andersson (we got the onesie but they make a shirt version, … Continue reading →

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Stella is two.

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

Stella turned two years old last week, during our beach vacation. She’s still singing happy birthday to herself, talking about birthday cake, and reminiscing about blowing out candles and good times with her “Happy Birthday balloon with smiley faces.” The … Continue reading →

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Free webinar by Susan Barry: How the system lets down children with vision problems

Posted on August 23, 2010 by

Here we go again. Like tube feeding, vision is an area in which children aren’t getting the care and solutions they need and deserve. Stella just started patching, because her brain was starting to favor her right (strong) eye. And it’s already become … Continue reading →

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Back into battle! I think I’ll call it “Operation Shark Patch.”

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

I’m not even going to pretend to be positive right now. I’ll get there. But not yet. Because I’ve just been asked to do the equivalent of putting mascara on a shark. For hours each day. Yesterday we found out … Continue reading →

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