PLEASE HELP ME GET A CORNEA TRANSPLANT

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Elise Myburgh
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Windhoek
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Started a yr ago
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During August 2024, my youngest grandson (Juwan), then 16 months, contracted a terrible virus in his left eye. On 2 September 2024, it was confirmed that he contracted a Herpes Virus, most likely from a person with an active cold sore kissing him on or close to his eye. This was a massive shock to all of us, but especially to his parents. And so our poor baby's horrific and traumatising journey began. Juwan had a large cold sore (ulcer) growing inside his cornea. This was without a doubt extremely painful for him. The initial medication didn't have the desired effect, and his parents struggled to get the virus under control for 5 weeks. After thousands of dollars for medication, two trips to the theatre, countless visits to the ophthalmologist and paediatrician, hospitalisation, and an amazing pharmacist who had to 'make' medication especially for him, the Herpes Virus was finally in remission. Unfortunately, this virus, once in your system, will remain in your body for the rest of your life and tend to flair up every now and again, especially when the immune system is compromised...

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E. Myburgh 17 Apr '25
Juwan had thus far recieved three Amnion and Patch grafts to safe his left eye. All three surgeries went well but unfortunately he had setbacks after the first and second procedures requiring new gra...
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