New technologies in China can help a man from Alberta born with a disabilities of rare vision to see more clearly and to feel more independent.
Josh Freese, 38, from Airdrie Congenital nystagmus – A condition that moves her uncontrollable eyes and gives him a distorted vision.
“It is an involuntary eye movement and it does not make me be able to see very well. No long distances or written and for driving in particular, lights and panels on the highway are a difficult thing, ”explains Freeese.
Freese says that because of his condition, he cannot do what he wants to do as a father – which includes his son’s care at school or watching his children play sports.
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“He presents himself, he always presents himself for them,” explains Freese’s girlfriend Stephanie Dunn.
“But he cannot experience it. As, I can say that my daughter has had a basketball basket and that he cannot experience it. He celebrates with us, but he cannot see him by himself,” she adds.
According to Dr Theodore Buzea’s optometrist, the condition has an impact out of 10,000 people; According to demographic data used for the study.
“It’s really difficult, because I want him to see the world as the rest of us,” says Dunn.
Freeese met a company in Texas last year and is now a candidate for a new surgical procedure in China who should be approved soon.
It is a trip that will cost him at least $ 60,000 to make.
“It’s just the procedure, the stay in the hospital, (and) the implant himself. This does not cover the cost of getting there or staying there, ”explains Freese.
“And I have to go there twice. The first time is the operation and just like that and we come home for a month and let it be heard everything, then we return to all are on,” he said.
The family has set up a Gofundme Campaign to cover them to cover as much costs as possible.
If the operation succeeds, Josh is already the subject of a learning and shopping permit for a car.
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