Meet our Patchers

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...

Tilly is nearly two and has been patching since she was only a few weeks old due to her congenital Ptosis - a condition where the upper eyelid of one or both eyes droops down (this can lead to other vision conditions such as Amblyopia).

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

Amelia is 5 years old and she’s been patching her right eye for roughly 9 months now as her left eye was turning inwards at night or when she was tired. This condition, known as Strabismus, is one of the most common causes of Amblyopia in kids

Alessia is 3 and a half years old and started patching when she was only 6 months old after being diagnosed with an Optic Nerve Coloboma 😮‍💨 (a gap or hole in the optic nerve caused by the underdevelopment of the eye during pregnancy). She wears her patch for half of the...

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.

Harriette is 3 years old and was born with a unilateral congenital cataract, which she had surgery to remove at 5 months old. She patches for 4 hours a day and has done so since her operation. She has been wearing Hide&See patches for about a year and a half and loves...