Meet our Patchers

  Layla is one and a half years old and was born with Persistent Fetal Vasculature (PFV) (also called persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (PHPV)) and Congenital Cataracts.   This brave little girl had her first surgery at only six weeks old and secondary surgery for scar tissue at four months old 😮...

Jax is four and a half years old and has been patching since January 2021 (just shy of his 2nd birthday). This little champion takes it upon himself to put on his patch every day, with little to no fuss! 🙌 Apparently the toughest decision for Jax each day is which design to...

Max is 6 years old and started patching for 2 hours a day in August after being diagnosed with Amblyopia. His mum, Emily, says he likes to spend his patch time drawing on the road with chalk, building forts with their play couch and jumping on pillows with his brother. He also...

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...

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