To the creator of patchpals.com ----
As the grandmother of a little girl, now age 3, I have prayed for months for a solution to present itself that will help with her eyesight. Battles over sticky patches and drops have been heart-tugging, to say the least. Just today I have learned that my daughter has ordered patches from your site. They should be such a help in the patching process. It is our prayer that over time this will allow Katelynn the use of both eyes and the blessing of very, very good eyesight.
Your website is fantastic...I cried through the entire reading time! I applaud your creativity and thank you for sharing such needed help with others! May God bless your own endeavors. Thank You!

Very truly,

Christina L Gillespie

My son Tate has not had to patch more than 4 hours per day, but he loved picking out his car patch and has received many compliments on it! Patching has been a huge success in improving his vision and depth perception, and I'm convinced it was a lot easier than it could have been because of this fun patch.

Mindy Fults


Cathy,
Thanks so much for the patches.  As an "older" patient I have to patch after muscle surgery.  The adhesive patches were uncomfortable, hot and sweaty.  Your patch does the job required and is quite comfortable.  The fact that it was recommended by my opthalmologist reassured me.  I was a little concerned since they were geared toward children, but the plain patches you sent were discreet and the decorated patches were great for my "fun" side.  Thanks again.
 

Francine Thompson
(45 year old patch pal!)

"I just wanted to tell you that this is the first time my son has ever wanted to wear his patch.  He loves them.  He actually ran down the stairs this morning and picked out the one he wanted to wear and I didn't have to say anything!"

-Karan J.

"I LOVE the Patch Pals!!!  Thanks so very much for filling my orders so promptly and for providing this wonderful product.  My brother and sister-in-law are delighted with how enthusiastic my little nephew is about wearing his set.  I've been showing all my colleagues the two samples I received.  Rest assured that I will be sharing your company as a resource with many, many people."

-Patty K.

"I just wanted to send you a quick note to let you know how pleased we are with the eye patches... I am sure you will be hearing from me again in the future with another order."

-Samantha G.

Wow!

I am so glad that you guys exist! Our son is done patching for amblyopia, but we bought patches to help with his vision therapy. He has to wear patches while doing his therapy, and no other patches have worked comfortably for him, until we found Patch Pals.

Thank you!!

D. Lewis

Good afternoon, I just wanted to say thank you for making these patches. My daughter was diagnosed a few months ago with amblyopia and it has been a trying time since. We started off with the ortopad patches, but it was usually a fight getting them on. Plus, the longer she has to wear them, the more her skin reacts to them. We are to be patching 6 hours a day and are up to 4.5 hours. She picked out your Purple Power Patch and loves it. She wants me to order one in every color. She can put the patch on by herself and has even shown her caretakers at daycare and preschool how to put the patch on over her glasses. We go back to the doctor in June and I have no idea what to expect. Lydia still does not like to wear the patch, obviously because she cannot see as well, but it does not seem quite the struggle it was. I will be placing future orders with you! Thanks again!

Lee Gordner

My daughter had issues accepting the new patches, and she refused to wear them for a whole week after they arrived. But now she absolutely LOVES wearing it. The first thing she does when she wakes up is she asks " Can you put my eye patch on" So, many people have commented on how CUTE it is, and what a great idea.

Thank you for creating such a great product.

Stephanie C.
Boston, Ma.

Thank you so much for the this wonderful gift you have given my 7 year old daughter. We had just finished our 3 hours with the old adhesive patch and received our order. She gladly put on the dog patch for another hour
voluntarily for extra credit! This is going to make our life run more smoothly until our recheck at the end of June. I am definitely passing the website onto our vision therapist. Thank you !!!!!

Lisa O'Connor

Hi. I just thought I would e-mail to let you know that your patches have made all of the difference in the world for our 4 year old, Catherine. She strongly disliked the stick on patches. We tried the drop for awhile because she disliked the stick on patches so much. She did really well letting me put the drop in, but it started to backfire because she was trying to use the good eye with the drop in it instead of using the weak eye. We could tell because the weak eye was turning in. So...I thought how are we going to get her to wear the patch again? She is a pink fanatic, so I thought if I could only find a pink patch she would probably think it would be fun to wear. That is when I went on line and found your web site. She loves her patch pals!! She has gone from 20/200 in her weak eye ( with the glasses on) to 20/40. We have patched for about 10 months now. We always get the most positive comments from people about the patches. The goal is 20/20 with the glasses, but we are in no hurry because she loves the patches so much!! Thank you! This has made my life easier too as a parent, because my child is happy!! I have attached two pictures of Catherine in her puppy patch. She likes it because of the pink nose!! Thanks again. Sincerely, Valerie Mefford Frankfort, Kentucky

To whom it concerns at Patch Pals,
 

Thank you, thank you.  My child was diagnosed with Amblyopia back in October 2003 and after a week of peeling her eyebrows off and crying when we would try to remove the patch I went out seeking other options and stumbled across you via the internet.  I was so pleased!  You are a true blessing to our family.  I purchased 3 patches and they were a "hit" with my 6 year old and her eye doctor.  The process of patching became manageable overnight!!!!  What a miracle!!

We received the patch and out daughter loves it, she is actually wearing her glasses more and without a fight. What a good idea.

Thanks
Katie Engler's parents

Thank you so much for the prompt delivery of my son's patch.  He has been wearing a patch for 8 years now and it has never been an easy situation.  For the last couple of years he has become very self conscious about what other people would think about him because he had to wear a patch.  With your patches he doesn't get those awful stares that he used to get with the adhesive patches.  Instead, people are always complimenting him on how cute they are.  It also makes him feel better to have an option of what he can wear.  Not only have these helped his sight dramatically, but they have made him feel better about who he is.  Thank you so much for your service.  He can hardly wait to have the whole collection. 

Nicole S.-Beaumont, TX. 

Hi Cathy,
 
it's Monday May 15th and the patches arrived today. They are wonderful and, as anticipated when I read your endorsements on the site, they're going to make Adam's plight with the patching, for up to eight hours a day, so much more bearable. Thank you and please if you see fit use this letter to display on your site.
 
With many, may thanks for your speedy treatment of our order,

Sincerely yours,
Leona Cavanagh.

Thank you so much for the patches and book for our daughter. It has been a life saver. She is doing much better since these patches have arrived. A great product for sure!!

Hello, I ordered 2 of your patch pals and they are amazing.  It has made our lives so much easier, and touch wood, my kido does not mind wearing hers.  The sticky type were an issue.  Anyway, just to give you heads up I gave her eye doctor your e-mail address so he can give them to other parents, so hopefully you'll get more orders from ontario, canada.  Our eye doctor is at sick kids in Ottawa.  Hope you hear from parents, I have nothing but good things to say and will be ordering a couple more for her in a little while, we are wearing them out, and it may be time for a new picture.

Thanks again.

Jackie Scully

The 3rd child in your Photo Gallery is my 7yr old granddaughter. I live in another State from her but I just had to let you know how the Patch Pals have become such a "proud" part of her life. She wears them faithfully as the Doctor has instructed her and is very proud to show everyone which patch she is choosing every day. Thanks for improving the Quality of Life for all of these children who require such vision correction. Indeed hers is a success story. Her vision has been improved so much in such a short time. She has many patches and has actually asked for them as gifts if someone asks her what she wants for a special occasion. thanks,  "Nana"

Thank you very much for the your prompt attention to my email.  My grandmother received the patch yesterday and loves it.  I also received a shipment of 3 patches for my son that my mother ordered.  We love Patch Pals and like I've said before, I have approached people on the street who have children with the "band-aid" patch and told them about you.  Thank you for making the lives of "patching" kids and us moms more bearable!

Hi,
i would like to say thank you so much for the fast delivery of my daughters patch.. We can not buy them here in Australia so i was very happy to find your site... i have attached a picture of my daughter ebony with her new patch , she just loves it and she is happy that she no longer has to wear those adhesive patches.....

thanks again
Yvonne & Ebony

Greetings from Ireland,

I ordered three of your patches for my niece last week and they arrived to-day. Thank you so much for posting them out so promptly. There is a battle each day to get my niece to wear her patch but I think that is going to be a thing of the past when she sees your patches. What a clever idea! I am sure we will be in touch again soon to order some more.

Thanks again,
Liz Brown.

Thank you, thank you, a million times thank you!!

My son just got his patchpals yesterday and wore one today for the first time. After 2 ½ years of that disgusting, sweaty, sticky Coverlet patch, I cannot thank you enough for making these! What a relief from the daily battle over getting him to wear his patch. I live in Chicago and the heat this summer has been unbearable, and has caused him to sweat through his patches in about 10 minutes flat. Since we have to patch 4 hours a day, you can imagine how many we have gone through. We also started noticing that his skin was becoming so accustomed to the stickiness that they weren’t even sticking all that well anymore. He just got his glasses about 8 weeks ago and I remembered hearing about PatchPals from the Aphakic e-mail group. I decided that as soon as he got accustomed to his glasses I would order your patches right away. The stress relief these have brought has been immeasurable!!

Thanks again!
Cathy Stathopoulos and Matthew

THANK YOU!!! What a relief to be free of adhesive patches! Those things are distant second to your patch. On behalf of my daughter and myself (who cringed inside every time I had to adhere or remove the other patches), THANK YOU.

My daughter was so excited to get her package of new patches in the mail today!  She has been using the adhesive patches and they were causing  an awful reaction all around her eye. I was afraid she would have a permanent bright red ring there.  She is crazy about animals, so we ordered the puppy, the kitty, and the panda.  All three are adorable, and she's busy figuring out which one she is going to wear to school first.  Thank you so much for your great product.  I have been searching like crazy, and I haven't found any other patches that are even close to comparable to yours.

Stephanie

Dear Cathy:
Thank you so much for shipping our order so fast.  We received the patches yesterday.  My daughter, Brooke, is so excited to wear her new patches. She even asked if she could wear them to school!  This came as quite a surprise since we usually argue about how often she needs to wear it! 

We ordered 4 beautiful patches and I am sure we will order even more.  I can't thank you enough for providing a product that not only helps children's eyes, but, allows them to maintain their self-confidence at such a formidable time in their lives.  With your patches, my daughter doesn't feel like an outcast while around other children, as children can be cruel.  As a concerned mother, I searched for special patches to ease the tension and apprehension she felt while wearing the regular patch.  I can tell you with confidence that your patches are the best available!  Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Sincerely,
Gerilynn H

Ms. Thompson-  Mom to mom, thanks for marketing your ingenuity.  Jana (age 3) was thrilled to get her patches in the mail.  We were pretty desperate for some way to make this process a little less of a battle, and she is so much more agreeable to wearing a puppy on her glasses than the method her doctor had recommended we try (tape on the lens).  It was a daily struggle, and I just hated to put her through that (plus she was getting adept at "cheating"!).  At least this makes it a bit of fun for her!
 

Thanks.  Kari B, Houston, TX

My daughter got her glasses in August 2002, she was 21 months old. Needless to say it was a very difficult time. As if that was not enough, in January we were told we had to patch her left eye. Her ophthalmologist took pity on my tears and taped her glass. She cheated right away and I gave in to the adhesive patches which eventually caused skin irritations (even the hypoallergenic ones). In my despair, I spent several hours on the internet and found Patchpals.com. Thank God! and Thank you! I ordered a patch that arrived rather quickly and is working wonderfully. We have an appointment on Monday and I will be taking copies of your website to the Ophthalmologists office so that other parents can avoid the frustration that I and so many others have gone through.

Thanks again.

L.Camejo

Alex has been wearing glasses and a patch since he was 10 months old. We tried the adhesive patches, but his skin was too sensitive. Our ophthalmologist told us about PatchPals, and we love it! The orders are filled promptly, the patches are quality material, and Alex looks adorable. When other children see Alex, they point out the picture and not the patch itself. Alex is now 4. We are on our third order of patches, although most of the first patches are still very wearable. Thanks so much; you have been a godsend!

My daughter has been patching for three weeks, and your patches have made a huge difference for her!  Here she is with her kindergarten student of the month award.

I just wanted to thank you so much for the quick delivery of my order. My daughter just loves the patches and couldn't wait to wear them to school to show her teacher and classmates. I only wish I had known about your website 6 months ago. My daughter is alergic to adhesive and was having problems keeping the patch on because it itched so badly. She loves the fact that she can choose a different color/design everyday.

Thanks again! Your product is wonderful!!!

Brenda W.

Just a note of THANKS! The contact dermatitis is gone, and my 5 yr old loves showing off her 2 patches. MUCH more comfortable and no one thinks she had eye surgery recently! THANKS! I've passed this one on to my pediatrician and brother, who's son also wears a patch!

Lisa