Doctor's appointment today - it turns out that Sam isn't legally blind after all.
Mixed feelings about this - obviously thrilled that we don't have that designation, because nobody WANTS their child to be legally blind. But the reality is that he's still very much visually impaired, and the major impairment is going to be in terms of his education. He needs things to be 48 or 72 font in order to read them easily.
The good news is that Sam did really, really well at the exam, and obviously, the news that he can see better than we anticipated is wonderful. Also slightly vindicating - because I always felt like he could see better. I kept thinking it was just that I didn't want to admit that he was disabled, that I couldn't acknowledge the problem, and felt guilty about that. Turns out that I was right - and while he still can't see well enough to read easily, and may never see well enough for that - he can see well enough to probably drive a car eventually.
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