Our daughter, Tacey, was born 12 years ago with an extremely rare form of cancer, Retinoblastoma. At the age of 9 months, her right eye was removed to keep the cancer from spreading. She suffered multiple complications, endured many rounds of chemo and experimental treatments until this past year. One month before her 7th birthday, her left eye was also removed. This left Tacey totally blind. She then had to undergo even more aggressive chemo to eradicate any remaining cancer in her body. Even though she is still battling cancer, she is stable at this point. Even though she has no vision now, she still "envisions" things through her other senses and her memory of what she used to see.

We have tried to provide her with as many opportunities as possible on our limited income. Our budget is limited due to multiple hospital and doctor bills and only one income. Due to her need for specialized care and being homebound due to her compromised immune system, I have had to quit work to care for her.

Tacey attends our local public school. However, being blind in public education has special challenges! It is difficult for the teachers to make all the accommodations and modifications needed due to the number of students they teach.

Apple products come fully accessible for the blind straight out of the box! Having an iPod will make access to assignments and homework completion much easier for Tacey. It will also allow her teachers to send her assignments electronically which will save them a lot of time and extra preparation!

Thanks for helping this wish become a reality!

Wish Info

• Posted: Aug 8, 2012 9:33 pm

• Member: taceyseyes
• Member Since: Dec 16, 2011
• Wishes Granted: 0 times

• Raised: $0.00 Goal: $500.00
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• City: College Station
• State: Texas
• Country: United States

• Type: Need
• Wish is for: Child
• Category: Education
• Cause: Vision Disability

• Views: 134
• Comments: 5
• Follows: 0