Dr Wendy Sanders-Maubach

Dr Wendy Sanders-Maubach Dr. Sanders-Maubach is an Optometrist, providing comprehensive routine and medical eye care for patients of all ages.

Optometric practice providing complete eyecare. This includes glasses, contact lenses and comprehensive eye examination/care.

If you are interested in scheduling an eye exam, locating our new patient paperwork or simply trying to reach us, this Q...
02/24/2026

If you are interested in scheduling an eye exam, locating our new patient paperwork or simply trying to reach us, this QR code takes you directly to our website!

Hey hey! It’s our fabulous office manager’s birthday!! Happy birthday, Nicole! Today we celebrate you! Thank you for a...
01/28/2026

Hey hey! It’s our fabulous office manager’s birthday!! Happy birthday, Nicole! Today we celebrate you! Thank you for all you do for everyone, every day! We are lucky to have you lead this team! And our patients are lucky to have your expertise and compassion! We hope you enjoy your day!
AND - just to create some extra, MUCH DESERVED celebration- we will be closing at 12:30 today for a late lunch party. If you can contact Nicole send her birthday wishes! We love you, Nicole!!

***we apologize for the inconvenience of our small business needing to close. We will open with business as usual tomorrow Thursday, January 29 @ 9 am!

01/22/2026

Due to the anticipated frigid temperatures and for the safety of our patients and staff our office will be closed, Friday, January 23, 2026. We will resume regular business hours, Monday, January 26, 2026, opening at 11:00 am. We apologize for any inconvenience. Stay safe and warm!!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Sanders!!!!! Screaming happy birthday to the best doctor, boss, co-worker and friend! To say we love...
12/30/2025

Happy Birthday, Dr. Sanders!!!!! Screaming happy birthday to the best doctor, boss, co-worker and friend! To say we love/adore her is an understatement!!! If you see her out and about don’t forget to wish her a Happy Birthday!!!!🎁🎂🎈🎊

12/01/2025

Due to road conditions and increasing snow we will be closing early this evening 12/1 @ 4:30 pm. This is to ensure the safety of our patients and employees who have to drive significant distances. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. We will reopen for regular business hours tomorrow, Tuesday December 2 @ 9:30 am.

It is our very own unicorn’s 40th birthday!! To know her is to love her!! It’s been a wonderful 11 years that we’ve bee...
10/27/2025

It is our very own unicorn’s 40th birthday!! To know her is to love her!! It’s been a wonderful 11 years that we’ve been able to call her ours! If you were here prior to 2014, with Dr Miller, you’ve known her even longer! Stop in, call or message and wish her a happy birthday! ❤️🥳💜

Happy happy 40th, Michelle! Your fun personality, sparkling smile, quick and funny witt, dashing style, helapful and knowledgeable nature, and kind heart make working with you such a joy and pleasure! The office would not be the same without you! We love you and are so grateful for you! Here is to your 40’s. We can’t wait to celebrate the birthdays to come!

10/13/2025

Due to unforeseen circumstances our office will have to be closed today, Monday 10/13. We are very sorry for the inconvenience and will reopen tomorrow, 10/14, @ 9:00 for business as usual.

12/03/2024

Due to an unforeseen staff emergency we had to close early today, Tuesday 12/3/2024. We apologize for the inconvenience and will open for business as usual tomorrow, Wednesday 12/4 @ 11 am. Thank you for your understanding.

04/13/2024

I often get questions related to presbyopia - or lack of focusing. People will ask me things such as, "if I wear reading glasses will my eyes become dependent on them?" , "Are there exercises I can do to strengthen my eyes so I don't need reading glasses?", "My vision seems worse after I wear my glasses, are the reading glasses hurting my eyes, or worsening my vision?"

All of these are valid and common questions so I wanted to address them, in order to shed some light on presbyopia.

Presbyopia is the eye's inability to focus like it used to. The part of the eye that does the focusing is the lens (located behind the pupil). This lens bends with the help of muscles in the eye. The bending of the lens helps us focus on things that we look at within 22" or "near" (books, magazines, phones, bills, computer, art projects, tablets, etc). This lens grows from before you're born until it hardens and becomes a cataract, later in life. As it's a small structure, it has little space to fit all these new, growing cells. So, at around 40 years of age, this little lens starts to harden. It becomes harder to focus. You can still focus it occasionally and it's usually easier in the morning than the evening. So when you put on reading glasses that relaxes those muscles and allows the glasses to help the focusing.

Since clear vision with eyeglasses is preferable to uncorrected vision, you may find that you want to wear your glasses more often. Although it may feel as if you are becoming dependent on your glasses, you are actually just getting used to seeing clearly.

Whether you wear reading glasses or not, you aren't changing what is physiologically happening inside your eye. That lens will harden, it will be increasingly harder to focus and eventually you will NEED correction to help you see near things. Not wearing the reading glasses/bifocals/needed prescription can lead to headaches and a lot of strain.

I hope this answers some questions. Feel free to ask any related questions for more clarity or discussion.

Thank you for your time!

Dr. Sanders

04/08/2024

Just some information :

It is NEVER appropriate to look directly at the sun. You risk solar retinopathy. Solar retinopathy is moderate to severe vision loss due to intense light energy. The blue light can cause a reaction that can permanently damage the retina. The sun is not more dangerous during the eclipse — what is dangerous is our curiosity to look at the sun for a longer amount of time. The sun is not any more intense and damaging during an eclipse. 

When you are encouraged to gaze at a solar eclipse, you are still getting the rays from the sun, but it doesn’t feel as intense so people look longer , and that is what causes the problems. Please do not gaze at the eclipse without proper eyewear. And just make it a rule to never gaze at the sun directly.
The effects of solar retinopathy aren’t immediate either. They can develop later.

If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.

04/08/2024

update: they are all gone! Happy viewing (with appropriate approved glasses, please!)

If anyone needs eclipse viewing glasses I have some left. Please don't look directly at the sun. 🫠🤦‍♀️

Monday, April 8th is the next visible solar eclipse. It is very important to not view this eclipse without proper eye p...
04/01/2024

Monday, April 8th is the next visible solar eclipse. It is very important to not view this eclipse without proper eye protection. We have a limited supply of safety certified (ISO 12312-2 international standard) glasses that we are giving away complimentary! Please stop in the office to grab your pair while limited supplies last. We will be posting solar eclipse facts throughout the week. Happy and safe viewing!!

Address

107 E. McKinley Road
Ottawa, IL
61350

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 2pm

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+18154331426

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