Kathy Beitz, Legally Blind Mother, Gets eSight Glasses To See Her Newborn Son

Immediately following the birth of their child, parents are quick to compare physical features that they or their partner may share with their newborn. This was one aspect of being a mother that Kathy Beitz did not think she would be able share with other parents. Beitz, who is legally blind, recently gave birth to her son Aksel and wanted nothing more than simply to look at him. Little did she know a very special pair of glasses were on their way to make her wish come true.

“Kathy and I have been legally blind since we were children,” Beitz’s sister Yvonne Felix said in the video’s YouTube description. “eSight glasses, an amazing new technology that I also use, helped her see the birth of her son. What an incredible moment!”

The price tag on eSight, “electronic glasses that enable the legally blind to actually see,” usually runs upward of $15,000. To help the new mother see her son’s face for the first time, eSight loaned Beitz a pair of glasses for the day. Hoping to share her experience with other people in her situation, Beitz recently launched #MakeBlindnessHistory to raise money so that more people who are legally blind can own a pair of eSight glasses.

“We are driven by our users’ stories,” eSight said on its website. “eSight is an enabling device that is used to support people and open them to any aspect of the world they want to see. Some users take eSight to work and school. Others use it to read. Some want to see faces and others want to get out into the wide-world. Many combine all of those benefits.”