Thai is a 45-year-old Cambodian woman who is married with four daughters and three grandchildren. She enjoys visiting her neighbors and watching Thai dramas on TV.
Thai developed a pterygium, or pink fleshy growth, in each eye three years ago. This causes her to have blurred vision and irritated eyes. Because of her poor vision, she can’t do work well or travel far on her own. Her condition has only been made worse by the cysts that arose in her eyes due to the pterygia.
Thai and her husband traveled one hour to reach our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Center (CSC). CSC can help her vision with pterygium excision surgery. During pteryigum excision surgery, the cysts will be removed, and her eye irritation will stop.
Treatment costs $150, which includes surgical and medical fees, as well as a two day stay in the hospital with meals included.
“I hope I can see everything clearly and comfortably with the cyst gone, so I can do work and go anywhere more easily than now,” says Thai.