My younger brother has vision issues, so I'll just let you know some of the things that we've done... And, seriously - Silver daughter'll be fine, it just might be a little bit traumatic getting there.

Silver daughter's eyes will probably recover quickly because corneas do heal quickly - if she does have dry eyes, that's probably slowing down the healing of the cornea, so try using eye drops. Refresh sells a couple - celluvisc is a thicker one that you don't have to use so often, but it does leave your eyes blurry and it does a very good job. There's also a thinner one that I can't remember the name of that doesn't blur as much, but doesn't last as long. (My brother's opthamologist recommended these for his eyes - he uses the celluvisc at night while sleeping, and the other drops during the day.) If the dry eyes damaging the cornea are contributing to the poor vision, there's other options for that, like a partial tarsorrhaphy (which is not really so noticable and not disfiguring).

There are I don't know where you're located - but find a low vision clinic. Johns Hopkins' Wilmer eye clinic has a low vision clinic, where they will basically take you through the different technologies that are available and try to sort out what works best for the patient. They're usually really helpful.

You can also check out the local services from the country - there is the national library for the blind and visually impaired which is a free lending library which has vast quantities of books on tape or cd, or in large print, or in braille. IF she qualifies, possibly she can get some of her text books through them.

Definitely any college or university has to help any student with some sort of a "disability" (required by law) they can photocopy handouts larger so they're easier to read, providing class notes, whatever - contact the university and see what they offer. Get her a digital recorder, so she can just record her classes, and listen to them again later. she can type them up or whatever. Many professors offer their notes/slides on powerpoint or in pdf format via blackboard (it's a website that the universities use )... With those files, she can blow things up as large as she needs to see them.... Which brings us to her computer. My brother uses a 32" LCD tv as his computer monitor, so the text is big, he can increase the contrast... Often reading things on a black background with white text is easier on the eyes than white on black. He also uses some magnification software that's freeware that he loves, but microsoft windows does have a magnifier built in, in the accessibility folder. Also if you buy a fancy microsoft mouse, they come with a magnifier that's activated using a button on the left side of the mouse. If she's surfing the internet, if you're in internet explorer or firefox, you can increase the size of the font using ctrl + and decrease it using ctrl -.

Ott-lites work really well for people with low vision, they make things much easier to read. They're closer to the frequencies/wavelength of natural sunlight, so your eyes don't fatigue as much when you use them.

So there are some simple things that you can do to help her - buy her a big screen tv to use as a monitor (I think she won't mind too much), get her a bunch of ott-lites, and just adjust the computer settings. Voice recorders are great.