Specs 4 Us

When we chose Marcus we knew he was going to need some kind of assistance with his eye. It was crossed. He might need glasses or even surgery. It wasn't until we met him when I saw just how crossed both eyes were. I was sure that we would be making an appointment as soon as we got home. We thought maybe he just couldn't see a thing. From the moment we met him he has always swatted at our faces. While at the orpahange we thought her just was trying to "feel" us with his hands. We could not correct this behavior during our visits even if we wanted to. It wasn't until we got home and had him seen that we found out her would indeed need surgery to correct his eyes. It was not a vision problem but a muscular one. The doctor also added tht Marcus swatting at our faces was not a vision problem but a behavioral one. Great!His eyes could both be easily fixed with surgery. He wouldn't even need glasses afterwards. That was hard to believe but true.
We chose Macey at our SDA appointment, what they call a blind referral. All we knew was she was 4 years old with Down Syndrome. When we met her her eyes looked great. We never thought another thing about it. We went ahead and scheduled her an appointment at the same time with the eye doctor. You know check "just in case." Well come to find out she is near sided and would need glasses. We walked in with one child who obviously needed what we thought might be glasses to correct his issue and walked out with an order for glasses for the other one. Go figure!
I went home and Googled: glasses for children with Down Syndrome. I knew their features were not the same as everyone else so I was excited to find a company who specifically designed glasses just for them, Specs4Us. I was even more excited when I read the testimony of the single mother who desgined the glasses for her own daughter with Ds. She gave all of the features and benefits of the eye glasses and I was sold. If I could get the best fitting glasses for Macey while supporting the cause of a mom on a mission it was a Win/Win situation. Come to find out there were only 3 places in the state that sold Specs4Us glasses. Fortunately for us it's only 30 minutes away. Definitely worth the drive. They look great, were affordable and her doctor was pleased with them too.