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She has since had a stent fitted in her left eye to help relieve pressure, but this is still healing. BROMLEY, ENGLAND: THIS MUM reveals she had to wait over SIX WEEKS to find out her baby had a condition that could leave her BLIND after Covid restrictions made it nearly impossible to get an appointment. Trainee planner Freya Todd (28) from Bromley, England, gave birth to her second daughter Teigan Elliott in April 2020 and although she was overjoyed to finally be a mother-of-two, this quickly changed just five days later. Freya?s gut instinct told her that something was wrong and her fears were confirmed when Teigan soon started becoming extremely restless, would only sleep for a short period of time, and wouldn?t feed for any longer than a few minutes. After four days, Teigan started showing a sensitivity to light. Whenever she was in bright light, she would squeeze her eyes tightly shut and didn?t open them to look around like babies usually do. Freya initially consulted her midwife just five days after Teigan's birth to which she was told that as Teigan was born before her due date, she was just very sleepy and the feeding was tiring her out. The midwife assured Freya that Teigan would begin to be more alert once she reached her due date. At three weeks old, Teigan began to open her eyes and Freya noticed they were extremely cloudy and bright blue. Freya knew that she had to get Teigan seen by a medical professional right away but due to COVID restrictions, this was a lot harder than she thought it would be as health visitors were not doing visits during this time. However, after two weeks, they went to hospital and were seen by a paediatrician who performed standard observations and told Freya that it was just a feeding issue, but this was later confirmed not to be the case by the breastfeeding team. Shortly after meeting with the paediatrician, Freya continued her fight to get Teigan seen by a professional for another four weeks - going through four telepho
2021-02-07
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