August 16, 2016
“Horn is a 45-year-old woman who works in a cement factory,” shares our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC). She lives in Cambodia and is married with two sons and one daughter.
About two years ago, Horn developed a noncancerous growth, or pterygium, in each eye. Also known as “surfer’s eye,” these growths occur on the conjunctiva of the eye. They cause burning pain, tearing and blurred vision.
Pterygiums are caused by exposure to sunlight and are more common in countries near the equator. Treating them requires a simple, $148 surgery to scrape the growth from the conjunctiva and graft new tissue on to prevent them from recurring.
Horn travelled three hours with her daughter to reach CSC for treatment. With our help, she’ll be able to undergo surgery and regain her full vision.
"Horn is a 45-year-old woman who works in a cement factory," shares our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre (CSC). She lives in Camb...
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November 8, 2016
Horn received successful eye surgery.
Doctors removed the pterygium from Horn’s right eye. As she recovers, she will use eye drops to reduce inflammation and fight infection. Horn’s vision has been restored.
Horn returned home after the surgery, and she has yet to return to our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC), for surgery on her left eye. Returning to the clinic is not easy for Horn, as it requires her to take the day off from work. Now that sight has been restored to one eye, however, the second surgery is less urgent than the first. Treatment will be free whenever Horn returns.
“I look better and see comfortably now,” says Horn. “I can continue my work again…and go places on my own.”
Horn’s daughter adds, “I am very happy that my mother looks better and can do any work easily. I am thankful to all staff at CSC that helped on her eye surgery.”
Doctors removed the pterygium from Horn's right eye. As she recovers, she will use eye drops to reduce inflammation and fight infection. Hor...
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