Meet our Patchers

Addy just turned 2 and has been patching since she was just 10 months old. She was born with a rare genetic condition named Hirschsprung disease, which affects her vision, hearing and renal system among others. Addy also has astigmatism, so she pops on a patch for 2 hours a day to...

Theo is almost 5 years old and has been patching for 5 months now. His mum Darni pops his patches on for 2 hours a day or sometimes a little longer if he's missed a patching session through the week. Theo loves wearing his emoji patch while playing on his iPad, fishing and getting...

Jax is 3 years old and patches 2 hours a day to strengthen his left eye after having an eye injury at 12 months old. Jax likes to wear his patches early in the morning while he is having breakfast and morning babycino ☺️ as this is a little distraction for him......

Jax is 3 years old and started his patching journey in August, 2022! His Grandma, Anne first noticed a turn in his eye at age 2 and after taking him optometrist, found out his eyesight was sitting at a +8.5. To make patch-time FUN, Anne tells Jax that it’s pirate morning at...

Luca is 4 years old and lives in Alexandria, New Zealand. He was diagnosed with decreased vision in his right eye at 12 months of age and then diagnosed with amblyopia at age 2.

Say hello👏 to our patcher of the week, Malone! 🤩 Malone was born with PFV, a unilateral congenital cataract, and optic nerve coloboma in her left eye. A one in ten thousand diagnosis.  

🦕 Well if Oliver isn't the cutest thing ever in his Dinosaur Patch, we don't know what is! ⁠