Meet our Patchers

Milly's vision journey began when she was only 1 day old after a midwife picked up that her red eye reflex didn't show in her left eye. She then saw an ophthalmologist at 2 weeks old and was diagnosed with a congenital cataract...

Billy is 15 months old and has been a little warrior in his journey to better vision. He started patching at just 4 months old due to congenital glaucoma, which led to short-sightedness 👀 Despite the challenges, this little trooper has been rocking his patching routine like a true champ! Billy's favourite...

Etta is five years old and has been patching for two months! Initially, her parents didn't suspect any issues with her vision but after a routine eye check, she was diagnosed with a congenital cataract, refractive error and Amblyopia in her right eye. It's stories like these that show why it is...

  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 😮...

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...

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...