It takes months for babies to learn to smile, but what happens when a baby is practically blind? Four-month-old Leopold Wilbur Reppond...
It takes months for babies to learn to smile, but what happens when a baby is practically blind? Four-month-old Leopold Wilbur Reppond, from Seattle, suffers from oculocutaneous albinism that severely impairs his sight. He had never clearly seen his family, and just “saw” with his hands: knowing his father by the feel of his beard, feeling his mother’s face.
Thanks to special infant glasses from Miraflex, little Leo was finally given the opportunity to see. After a few moments he realises that something has changed–and then as he looks up and sees his mother for the first time, he smiles.
