An adorable seven-month-old baby boy was able to see clearly for the first time and his reaction is heartwarming.
Watch the little boy’s reaction after he could see clearly for the first time
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Theo Bennett, from Wilberfoss, near York, now can see clearly after surgeons removed cataracts and fitted artificial lenses.
Theo’s 35-year-old mother, Lois noticed a clouding in both his eyes and went to see a doctor.
It turned out Theo was suffering from congenital cataracts – a rare condition which affects three in 10,000 children.
The surgeons at Leeds General Infirmary operated him and removed cataracts from his eyes.
They gave him the temporary corrective glasses after the five-hour operation. When he was seven-months-old, they fitted him with artificial lenses.
The heartwarming video shows Theo being able to see clearly for the first time. He looks at his father with a big smile, cuddles with him and then plays with a rubber duck.
His father, Joe said: “When he first had the surgery, the day after when his vision was clearer, even then you could tell something was a bit different. When he put the glasses on he looked at me with a big smile and you could see him looking around, it melts your heart because you think to yourself ‘he can actually see now’.”
“It was amazing, we took him out that afternoon and it was apparent that he was looking at the world around him like he’d never really done before. Now, we have this little boy who is legging it around the living room, chasing the kittens and when we go to the play park he absolutely loves the slide.”
“His world was closing in and it was like the curtains have been opened”, he added.
Theo is now 18 months old and lives with his parents and his two older brothers at his home in Wilberfoss, near York.
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