Meet our Patchers

Caoimhe (pronounced Keeva) is 5 years old and has been wearing a patch for 9 months to strengthen her curious eye. Due to her Strabismus, Caoimhe patches two hours per day, either at school or at home. She loves tracking her progress with her reward chart.

Aleena is 4 and a half years old and patches her right eye to correct the turn in her left. She is legally blind in her left eye and will need surgery before she turns eight to correct her squint.

Payton is 7 years old and has been patching since she was 4. She loves wearing her eye patches and her mum Sasha says "having the chart helps us remember to put one on everyday, it's a great encouragement to both kids and parents to help with eye treatments" ❤️

Emily is 6 years old and has been started patching 1 month ago. She has Amblyopia in her left eye so she patches her right eye for 2 to 3 hours a day to improve her vision. She pops her patch on first thing in the morning and loves to coordinate the...

Alice is 5 years old and she has endured more in her short life than most of us can imagine! She was diagnosed with orbital rhabdomyosarcoma (a soft tissue cancer) after her mum and dad noticed changes in her eye. Alice immediately started treatment, going through 6 months of chemotherapy, and 28...

Grace is 5 years old and she has been patching for a couple of weeks now. She has Myopia in her right eye so she pops on her patch to help this #curiouseye grow strong. While patching, grace likes to watch TV or play video games

Benji is 2 years old and has been patching since August due to severe myopia, caused by premature birth. This little warrior was born at 25 weeks of gestation, weighing only 550 grams. Due to his low birth weight, he had to fight extra hard and was placed on ventilation for the...