Alex

Just wanted to update you all on a little boy I saw in admssions on Friday. He has been suffering with a growth from his right eye (medically known as a retinoblastoma) for 3 months now. He is 3 years old and he came with his mother from the north of Togo seeking help. Thankfully the CT scan we performed showed no metastases in his brain so we were able to offer him an operation today. This will be to remove the growth and eyeball (it has become necrotic and is weeping and is causing him a lot of discomfort and pain) and to fill the defect in with a flap of the temporalis muscle (the one at the temple).

There is a picture of him below; we're really praying once this has been removed the sadness in his other eye will slowly disappear and he will be able to be a 3 year old once more. Will keep you posted..

 Alex