My Daughter Has Been Diagnosed With Cataracts! Help!

My nephew was recently born with cataracts and had surgery on both eyes as an infant.

Cataracts are serious, and if a doctor told me that he wouldn't do anything, i'd go to at least one more doctor, and make sure it's a pediatric opthalmologist. (it could be that if it wasn't caught early, you miss the window of opportunity in which the eye could have been improved.)

if you are completely broke, make the appointment anyway. Here are some ways to look for money: tell your pastor that you're in a bind (the church might donate some money or the church might have a member who's a very good eye doctor); call the united way and ask if there's a charity that would help; call your local children's hospital and ask the same question; set up a payment plan and then babysit for the money; ask your relatives for the money; give some items to your friend's garage sale to raise the money.

Good luck!

I was born with congential cataracts on both my eyes. First off congential means birth defect. They are not normal cataracts that older people get as they age. These ones are like little pits in the lens. And act like little snowflakes that will eventually fill up the space, then they will be ready to remove. I am just now having alot of eyesight problems and I just turned 40 yesterday. I wore glasses while young but was told I would not have to worry til I was much older. Last year I started having problems but getting bifocals helped alot. My specialist told me I could leave them for now but if I insisted he would remove them .I have opted to leave them for a bit longer. My childhood eye dr never even told me about these until I moved away and had a new dr panic over them she was fresh out of school and never seen such a thing before and sent me to a specialist. When I moved back home I questioned my eye dr about this and he told me he saw no sense getting me all upset over something wouldnt have to deal with for years to come.
He still should of told me or my parents.
I do hope these are what you are talking about and that they dotn cause too much grief.
Meg