[tri-med] Re: Eye Dr. visit today - update on Caroline

kam is not legally blind but very far sighter (750).  at her last eye visit 
he decreased her subscription!!!  someone asked me at her iep mtg this week 
if she has cvi.  never been diagnosied so i dont know.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Irene Smith" <irene67@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> The dr told us today that Caroline's optic nerve is small, on a scale, she
> is closer to "normal" than "non-existent".  If that makes sense.  However,
> the dr does feel that Caroline's vision is about 20/200 which would 
> classify
> her as legally blind.  She can see objects up to about 8 inches.  It is
> kinda hard to take.  It actually isn't anything we didn't know, it just
> sounds so final.  We know she looks at objects, reaches for toys, looks at
> us when we talk to her and hold her, but she definitely doesn't notice 
> when
> we walk into the room.  The dr stated that the legally blind 
> classification
> would entitle her to some social services in the future.  There is no way 
> to
> correct her problem (e.g. glasses, surgery etc).
>
> We are now working on getting her some vision therapy.  This will be more
> difficult as there is no vision therapist available in our county.  Like I
> said, this isn't really anything we didn't know before, it just seems more
> definite.  Her vision has definitely been her obstacle for other therapies
> as she has no real interest in moving to get objects out of her reach, 
> which
> is what motivates most children to start crawling.

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