Boy born with no eyes to start pre-chool

The parents of a little boy born with no eyes have told of their joy that their son has made enough progress to start pre-school.

Boy born with no eyes to start pre-chool

Little Jacob Nowak, who celebrates his third birthday tomorrow, was born with a rare condition called anophthalmia, that left him without eyeballs or optic nerves and facing six years of surgery.

His parents Mariusz and Wiola had feared that Jacob, from Millstreet in Cork, would have no quality of life after discovering there was no funding available from the HSE to cover his €300,000 medical bills.

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