Isaac's eye exam

Isaac is a young boy who lives at Huruma Children's Home who is suppose to wear glasses. He had a pair of glasses up until a few months ago then they broke. He went without glasses for a long time and did not complain about not seeing or headaches. I decided to take him to the Optical Store and buy him a new pair. When I took him the lady who owns the shop told me that she could not change his frames, he is going to need an eye exam. I took him back for the exam and found out that Isaac has an illness called called keratoconus, which is where there is irregular growth of his corneas. He also has an allergy which makes his eyes dry and itchy. When Isaac rubs his eyes it causes his corneas to break and scar. He has been rubbing his eyes and breaking the corneas for so long that there are many scars on them. The lady at the optical store told me to take Isaac to the Kikuyu Hospital to see an eye specialist. I took him yesterday and the doctor told me that Isaac cannot wear glasses that with his condition he has two options, first is for him to get contact lenses, the other is for surgery. We took him to see if the contacts would fit on his eyes, which they did. I told them that I had to talk to Mama Zipporah before any decisions were made. I didn’t want to buy contacts, which are 10,500ksh because of his age and the fact that no one at the home knows about contacts and how to use/clean them. When I spoke to mama she told me that contacts would not work that we need to have the surgery done. The surgery which will replace his corneas is very expensive. It is going to cost about $2000 per eye; he needs the surgery on both so we are looking at $4000.

I felt bad for Isaac, he cried a lot when they tried to put the contacts in. He was trying to be strong but after so many hours of sitting and waiting and then having some guy stick contacts in your eyes, that would make anyone cry. I am praying that Isaac's eyes will not get worse and that we will be able to raise the money to ensure he gets this surgery. Please pray with us. Thanks.