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Prevent Blindness Georgia is able to touch the lives of children, adults and families all over the state. We are proud to be able to share some of our success stories here with you. If you have a Prevent Blindness Georgia success story,
we would love to feature it here with our growing collection!
Hello!
I'm writing this note on behalf of Gus. You came to his preschool on February 8, 2008 and performed a free screening on him and detected some problems.
We followed up with an Optometrist and found that he had decreased vision in his right eye and lazy eye. They feel that because it was caught while he's still young, they will be able to completely correct his vision. It has already improved from 20/125 to 20/40 in just 3 months!
We are so grateful that you came and provided this service. We were completely unaware that he had a problem because his left eye compensated so well.
Thank you so much!
The Gautiers |
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The day after Christmas, my Dad started batting at the air, like swatting flies out of his face. We were wondering what he was doing, he said, "It's the weirdest thing, there are these black things in front of my eyes." Later that day, he said he was seeing lightning flashes in addition to the black floaters. I knew this couldn't be good.
I went to the Prevent Blindness Georgia website and found really thorough information about floaters and flashes being signs of retinal detachment. The information convinced my doctor-resistant father to see an ophthalmologist the next day. He was put under close watch over the following month because the doctor suspected his retina may be at risk. At his follow-up appointment he had a torn retina which was able to be treated with lasers. He is perfectly fine today! If Dad had ignored it, the doctor said most likely he would have had full retinal detachment.
I'm grateful for the information provided by Prevent Blindness Georgia! Interestingly, my grandfather was blind from two detached retinas and it could have happened to my Dad as well.
Melanie S.
Thank you so much for existing! Your test and expertise discovered something that had not been detected by previous eye tests or myself.
After receiving his glasses, my son's first words were, "I can see!" He was so excited about all the things he could see, things he never made comments about before, like billboards and letters made in rock formations that we've passed many times. Your organization has made a great difference in my son's life.
Sincerely,
Christina S. |
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Prevent Blindness Georgia is proud to partner with Tanner Health System and is glad to share their success!
I am writing you this letter to express my thanks to you and your staff for the wonderful job that is being done in the Pre-K program at Mt. Zion Elementary. My son, Levi, had a hearing, vision and dental examination before he started public school in August 2007. All of which he passed.
In October 2007, the Pre-K program had vision exams at school. I received a referral form that explained that his vision was 20/80 and I have to admit that I didn't believe it. Later that evening I received a message letting me know that you had taken the time to have him tested three times and that all three times he had failed the test with his left eye. I scheduled an appointment with Dr. Akor and sure enough he could not see out of his left eye. He now has glasses that will correct his vision problem. Dr. Akor let me know how grateful I should be for the eye exam that had been made available to him at such an early age.
Anyway, I really wanted to thank you and the Pre-K program for all that has been done for Levi.
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