Vida and Abongile

Chani Downing

I lost my eye when I was 2½; my brother and I were playing with sticks when one accidently went into my eye. I lost my sight but the Specialist was able to reattach the retina in three places which meant my eye did not die. The operation was successful but I had years and years of trouble with infections and my eye pulling squint which made me very self conscious, I would not look at people when I talked to them and would also never call anyone because they would not know who I was looking at.