Levi’s Enucleation Surgery

Our son Levi had an accident one day after having a minor fall where his lens of his eye had dislocated causing him to be blind

this was not a large fall and certainly nothing that we thought we would have to worry about we noticed that he started to become quite light sensitive so took him to the opticians that referred us to the hospital where we then got referred to 2 different hospitals not knowing what the issue was

The hospital that we ended up going to decided the day of his appointment that they would put him under anaesthesia to have a look at his eye closer

He was under for about an hour and a half to 2 hours when they told us that his lens had dislocated and that it was a bigger problem than what they anticipated and that they would need a specialist to remove it

So many months down the line the NHS had removed his lens, which has only caused him pain and discomfort due to pressure buildup in his eye which then meant that that he could not have a prosthetic lens implanted because his eye was so unstable

On the 2nd of August, he had his monthly surgery where they would drain fluid and do a laser treatment on his eye that would relieve pressure but they came out and told us that there was no nothing left to his eye that he had been bleeding into his eye for too long that it had practically corroded anything they could have saved

So now Levi has to have his eye removed because there is now blood building up in his eye causing more pressure and pain but the NHS waitlist for the removal of his eye is over three years and he cannot suffer for that long

So we are trying to go private for this surgery which will in the end change his life for the better he will no longer be in pain and can go about his childhood fairly normally

We are not the kind of people to ask for money from strangers, but we are in an impossible situation where we cannot stand to see him in pain anymore

even if you cannot donate anything at all, we greatly appreciate you even reading about Levis story