Little Chinese Boy, Xu, Born w/o Eyes
Submitted by Bill Belew on Thursday, 14 June 2007No Comment
I thought I have seen everything. But, this little boy has NEVER seen anything.
He has no eyes, has never shed a tear, no eyebrows and a small pointed nose.
The illness is known as cryptophthalmia – he congenital absence of the eyes.
There are only some hundred cases that are known.
Eye-opening surgery (literally) is planned but there are no assurances
The picture brings tears to my eyes.
A professor of Xiamen's ophthalmology center has learned that one of the little boy's eyes may not be fully-developed.
My guess is that there are a whole lot of western doctors who would like to take a stab at this. Hopefully, this post will help a bit in getting the word out.
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