Thy is a 42-year-old woman living in Cambodia. Our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC), tells us she is works as a rice farmer to help her husband care for their three children.
“Thy developed a cataract in each eye five months ago,” CSC shares. A cataract is a clouding of the ocular lends and “causes her blurred vision and she is afraid of sunshine. She can’t see everything clearly, do work well, or go outside without help.”
Thy once enjoyed watching Khmer dramas on TV and going to listen to monks pray, but she can no longer do these activities as well as before. To prevent her condition from worsening and help her get back to her hobbies, Thy requires proper treatment.
$225 will cover the cost of a treatment that involves small incision cataract surgery (SICS) to remove her cloudy lenses and an intraocular lens (IOL) implant to replace them. CSC expects that “after a SICS and IOL implant in each eye, Thy will be able to see clearly again.”