Yesterday afternoon
Reilly got his trial eSight glasses and tried them on. It was set up for him to first try them at school, in the band room (his favorite classroom!). But
rather than describe it secondhand, I will copy the email we got just from
Kristin (our daughter, Reilly’s mom).
“Hey Dad and Mom,
“We
did it!!! Reilly tried the eSight glasses, and couldn't stop
smiling! Check out facebook as I posted a lot of pictures. He was
on the news again, and will be again later tonight and tomorrow morning.
It was pretty exciting! We were in the band room with all his friends,
Dave and Pat, youth pastor and his wife (who also took photos as she is the
photographer who took our pictures earlier), his band director, and the
news. You could tell when he started to see because he just got this huge
smile on his face. He was kinda quiet just looking all around the band
room. It was pretty emotional. He started walking around and read
some sheet music, looked at posters across the room, zoomed in and read things
we couldn't see, etc... Then we went outside to the courtyard and he
stared at the sky and the sunset. Pretty cool!
“Tomorrow is the Springfield parade and Reilly is to wear his
glasses. I will be following him as he really shouldn't be wearing them
for more than an hour at a time as he gets used to them. It is also
supposed to be raining, so he may not be able to wear them very much.
“Will
keep you in the loop and wish you were here, but know you will be experiencing
his sight soon enough when you come!
“Love,
Kristin”
We both cried.
Imagine the miracle of sight, immediately given. Today he plays the snare
drum in the marching band. I wish we could be there, but we certainly feel the
joy. Thanks be to God.
Here are some of
the photos Kristin put up on Facebook.
With his mom and dad
In the high school courtyard
wonderful smile! wonderful story!
ReplyDeleteWOW! What a blessing.
ReplyDeleteIt's great to see companies developing devices to make all resources available for those who have vision problems. Especially, partially sighted people can achieve increased independence with this kind of wearable devices. How about for people with no vision? These talking glasses for the blind leaves its competitor Esight behind because it offers two options to for those who has no vision. It can either automatically take photo and identify similar document forms and read it or the wearer can manually snap a photo and listen what is around in real time. Hopefully, these companies will be example for many others to solve real-world problems with technology.
ReplyDeleteI'm crying. Your whole family has seen him, has seen for him, has seen beyond him. And now he sees more clearly. Lord, open our eyes.
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