Jack
Jack’s Story: For a couple months, Mike and I had been noticing that Jack’s right eye was lazy at times. When I took Jack and one of his sisters to the pediatrician for a physical at the beginning of June 2015, the pediatrician didn’t see anything wrong with Jack’s eye. But he asked me to […]
Ian
Ian’s Story: A letter came home. My soon to be four-year-old failed an eye screen at school, but just in one eye. “Does he know his alphabet?” the screener asked. “He can read,” responds his teacher. I call all the doctors they gave me to get an appointment as soon as possible. After all, I’m […]
Jeff T.
Jeff’s Story: When I was 8, I remember playing in the front yard when one of my eyes was “blinking” without me blinking my eye. I remember being sort of scared, so I ran to my Mother and explained to her what was happening. At first she didn’t believe me, but I kept complaining that I […]
Oliver N.
Oliver’s Story: It was October 2017 and my husband was getting our 2-year-old son, Oliver, ready for bed. He shouted for me, saying “Jo, come look at this!” I felt sick as soon as I saw it. By laying directly under the ceiling light in his bedroom I could, what I can only describe, as ‘see […]
Oliver
Oliver’s story: Oliver had just turned 3 when in November 2016 his key worker at nursery noticed right eye wandering, especially when he was tired or concentrating. An appointment was made with the GP who wasn’t able to see this happen but thankfully made a referral to an ophthalmologist. The appointment wasn’t until February 2017 […]
Scott McCrady
“My name is Scott Jerome McCrady and I was diagnosed with Coats’ disease when I was 5 years old and couldn’t pass my elementary school eye exam. My parents took me to an optometrist and then a retinal specialist in my home town. The retinal specialist suspected Coats’ disease and referred us to a specialist […]