A four-year-old boy in Peru had his sight saved by doctors after a six-inch rod became lodged in his eye socket.
Juan Mateo Rojas Pereyra was playing at home in Lima when he fell on to a toy cart and the axel between its wheel became jammed in his left eye and came out of the other side of his skull.
The rod bruised the boy’s brain but did not do any serious external damage to the brain or the eye.
After two hours in the operating theatre, the rod was removed and doctors will carry out tests to check whether any brain damage has been caused.
Juan’s stepfather Ramon Del Solar said: “My son was playing at home and I was getting ready to go out with my wife when all of a sudden my son fell to the ground on top of a toy and a piece of metal embedded itself in his left eye.
“I went to pick him up but he had part of the wheel in his eye and when he pulled on the wheel, the piece of metal was still embedded in his right eye and so when I saw that I took him straight to the children’s hospital.”
Doctors reported Juan was stable after the operation.
What a brave wee soul. I hope he make a full recovery!
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Bless him! That’s really sad, i hope he get’s better soon!
it makes you shudder to even think about it
i would go into total panick if it was one of my children
Oh that makes you cringe Zoe! I hope the little fella recovers-maybe he will unfortunately loose his sight in that eye! maybe not ohh!
Oh I can’t bear to read about things like that, that x ray picture is just horrific! I hope he pulls through with no permanant damage, bless him.
What a brave lad, God Bless him, let’s hope he makes a full recovery
Bloody hell,how awful..Bless his little cotton socks ,hope he gets well soon x
That sounds horrific…i’m just hoping he passed out & doesn’t go through much pain. God bless him & …which i think He already has!
xx