Meet our Patchers

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...

Elle is 3 years old and is very new to patching and wearing glasses. Her mum Sian says "She’s still getting used to it but loves picking out which pretty patch to wear". Way to go Elle! We can't wait to watch you on your vision journey ❤️

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...

Sadie is nearly three and has been patching her eye since she was a baby due to a congenital fibrovascular pupillary membrane. Basically, this means there is a thin, fibrous tissue covering the pupil of Sadie's eye, which can block or distort the light entering the eye, leading to blurry or reduced...

Hudson is 4 years old and is new to the patching life, starting only 3 weeks ago as his right eye is turning in. He wears his patch on his left eye for 2 hours at a time, 5 days a week, in addition to wearing glasses

Levi is nearly 4 years old and has accommodative esotropia (an inward turn) in his left eye. He has been patching since late last year and looks forward to getting his first reward, a Rubble Paw Patrol toy, for wearing his patch 20 nights in a row.