Meet our Patchers

Lydia is one and a half and has Macular Coloboma, a rare eye condition where there is an underdeveloped area in the central part of the retina. This means she will be patching for a long time to come. Her mum, Sarah said, "we like to spend our patching time at the...

Aiya is four years old and was diagnosed with Anisohypermetropia (a vision condition where one eye has a significantly different level of farsightedness than the other eye) and accommodative esotropia (a vision condition where one eye turns inwards), resulting in Amblyopia in her left eye.

Banks is 5 months old and has been patching since he was a teeny tot at only 5 weeks, as he was diagnosed with a Congenital Cataract. His eye care team initially planned on him undergoing surgery at 2 months to remove the cataract, however, they decided to wait to see how...

Brielle is almost 3 and has been patching since she was 3 months old as she was born with a congenital cataract. She had surgery at only 3 weeks old to remove the cataract and now patches to correct the amblyopia and strabismus that developed. Brielle is also a twin so she's had LOTS of support on...

Aila is 3 years old and was diagnosed with PHPV at around 9 months old with suspected minimal vision in her right eye. She started patching with Speckles when she was only 18 months old

Ada is nearly three and needs to patch for at least half a day every day (mostly) to help improve the vision in her left eye, in addition to wearing glasses. When she was only 3 months old, her parents noticed a white spot in this eye, which was later diagnosed as...

Harry is 3 and a half and has been patching since he was only 6 months old due to a Congenital Fourth Nerve Palsy in his left eye. This basically means the muscles in his eye are not as strong as they should be, making it harder for it to move. When...