If the thought of a little boy losing his sight at the age of nine really hits you where it hurts, then get out the tissues 'cause this one's a doozy. Ben Pierce was a preemie baby, born four months early and with an eye disease called Retinopathy of Prematurity, which will eventually make him blind. Ben lost his peripheral vision last year and his parents asked him to make a bucket list of things he wanted to see and do before he loses his vision completely. On that bucket list? Ben wants to go snorkeling, attend a Weird Al Yankovic concert, go to Las Vegas and explore the Redwood Forests, among other things. Ben is far more traveled than any adult we know and quite frankly, has gotten to do...
- 11/6/2014
- E! Online
Ben Pierce just wants to see as much of the world as he can before he goes blind - and his family is scrambling with the time he has left to make the 9-year-old's wishes come true. "This experience has been very bittersweet," his mom, Heidi Thaden-Pierce, tells People. "When we first the news last fall that he is getting into the legally blind territory, it was crushing. But we wanted to focus on the positive and come up with his wish list." Even while the youngster is doing cane training and will start Braille training next month, his Dallas-based family - including his mom,...
- 5/3/2014
- by Alicia C. Dennis
- PEOPLE.com
Ben Pierce just wants to see as much of the world as he can before he goes blind - and his family is scrambling with the time he has left to make the 9-year-old's wishes come true. "This experience has been very bittersweet," his mom, Heidi Thaden-Pierce, tells People. "When we first the news last fall that he is getting into the legally blind territory, it was crushing. But we wanted to focus on the positive and come up with his wish list." Even while the youngster is doing cane training and will start Braille training next month, his Dallas-based family - including his mom,...
- 5/3/2014
- by Alicia C. Dennis
- PEOPLE.com
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