Katymac I have a blind DD who become blind after an illness. We have had time to get used to it and she has been blind for 3 years now.
I have seen your other threads and hope things improve for your daughter soon.
When my DD went blind, she has a twin and three younger brothers, I found that they were the best ones to teach me how to deal with the situation. They dealt with it without emotion. Don't get me wrong they were sorry etc but they treated her just the same. On practical things they just accepted that her sight had changed and helped when she needed it. (I was busy worrying about the future what I had to change how she would ever cope etc!) but they just dealt with things as and when.
That has now been the family motto. You will find depending on how long it takes for her sight to return that she will be adapt to things quite well. To start with my DD could not get dressed on her own but very soon she worked this one out. She learnt by feel what the clothes "looked" like and around the house you really would not know she has lost her sight.
We are all careful to not leave things on the floor (she is the only one who does this!) and we do not move things around, we also have a set place for most things so she is pretty self sufficient in the house.
She loves audio books and has learnt to touch type. She does have software on her pc which allows her to facebook etc.vital for a teenage daughter!
The RNIB have been great and she has a watch she can feel for the time, she is lucky in that her twin will help her outside but she is fiercely independent. Sometimes her sight means she can not do family chores but she can manage to get around Top Shop!
I can understand for you that things at the moment are so uncertain - for us it was definately she has lost her sight which may actually have been easier to get our heads around but it is not the end of the world and your DD will amaze and make you incredibly proud of how she gets on with life as mine has done.
I would stand back a bit and she what she needs you to help her with. You may be surprised that it is different to what you think she needs.
(Oh I saw your shopping thread - what we do is put my blind DD in charge of pushing the trolley and then one of us goes in front and then holds the front of the trolley and guides her around - you may get the odd banged ankle if she is not listening but all adds to the fun!). She will get the correct pasta of the shelf if you ask her she does so mych by feel. Have had a few problems with tinned food expecially with a lovely little brother who does find it so funny to swop the tinned soup around with tinned custard! But she has got wise to that now and sniffs it all first!!!
Things she can do are far greater than things she can't do. She has even learnt to pluck her own eye lashes (how she does that is beyond me!!!! She says she can feel if they are wrong). She goes to concerts, loves music, does dog training with me, even plays noise tennis, she cooks.
My OH races classic cars and she has even driven a bit around goodwood race track -
It honestly will get better for you all and there is a really good future ahead of you being blind for my daughter is a challenge but not an insumontable one. loads of unmunsnetty love coming to you.
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