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Ryan, age 6 is big brother to Elliott, age 13 weeks.

When Elliott was 4 weeks old we noticed that something wasn’t quite right with one of his eyes. We could see a cloudy patch over his pupil and he wasn’t very responsive but as he was so young we weren’t sure if that was just a developmental thing. We waited for his 6 week check at the doctors to be told that he had no red reflex in his right eye. 

Elliott was seen at a local hospital but we were then referred to Great Ormand Street Hospital (GOSH). He had lots of testing done on both eyes, thankfully his left eye is completely healthy and normal but we were told that Elliott is completely blind in his right eye and he will never have full sight....he has a cataract that was caused by left over blood vessels.

At 10 weeks old he was put under general anaesthetic and had an operation to remove the cataract and also cauterise the blood vessels to hopefully stop them doing any more damage. The surgery went as well as expected and Elliott is now recovering. He is not gauranteed to ever be able to see from that eye by having the surgery, but by doing so he has a 50% chance of being able to see large objects. That comes with a huge amount of after care which is the stage that we are at now. He has lots of regular eye drops, glasses and we also patch his left eye to give the right eye the best possible chances of working again. 

The care that Elliott has received at GOSH has been incredible. They do amazing things for so many children and it has had a big impact on Ryan. When he visited his brother there he came across lots of other poorly children. Off his own back he decided he wanted to donate money to the hospital to help the thousands of children that go through their doors.

Ryan has been so understanding with all the trips to London that we do with Elliott and he is so caring for his brother during all the eye drops and patching etc so together with his friends Dougie, Wilf, Olivia, Robyn, Lohan, Dexter, Koby, Freya, Reece, Alfie, Ella, Brody and Milo and his cousins Isabella, Frank and Lilly they are all going to be doing a sponsored 5 mile walk along Eastbourne seafront to raise money for the hospital. They would be so grateful for any donations they receive and we are sure it’ll motivate them all to complete their walk!!

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