Eva Joyce who is now 4 months old was born with Peter's anomaly, which is a rare congenital disorder that makes the cornea of her eyes became misty. Because of these conditions, both her parents Harriet and Matthew Joyce Joyce worried their daughter would never be able to see.
"When Eva was born and eventually opened his eyes, we realized that the cornea of his eyes misty," said Harriet Joyce (33 years), mother Eva, as reported by Dailymail, Friday (12/30/2011).
Initially, her parents did not know how severe the condition of Eva until finally referred to a hospital in Sheffield next week. Eva's eyes tested and they realize that he has no vision at all. Eva blind.
"We were devastated. For the next 24 hours in the life of Eva, he would never see. This is a rare occurrence and we can not do anything for it," said Harriet, who came from Winterton, Scunthorpe, England.
Eva eventually was referred to Birmingham Children's Hospital, about 115 miles from where it came from, to where he could perform corneal transplants.
When he was only 2.5 weeks (17 days), the cornea is removed and substituted by right eye with a healthy donor cornea in operations for 3 hours. At the age of 4 weeks, the same procedure performed on his left eye.
During 6 weeks of Eva should always get the eye drops and anti-rejection medication, because of his age transplant patients have a greater risk of organ rejection cornea.
But that did not stop Eva celebrate Christmas at home with both parents laying and her sister, Jessica (3 years).
"This feeling is destroyed before. When someone tells that your child will be able to see, it's very special. Once we turn on the Christmas lights this year, his eyes light up," said Matthew Joyce (34 years).
Eva still have to conduct routine checks every 2 weeks and his condition will continue to be monitored until he was 16 years old.
"We hope he can grow and do all the things her friends and her brother could do," said Manoj Parulekar, a consultant ophthalmologist.
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