When her eye didn’t develop in the womb, a little girl was born with a different look to other children. She was mercilessly teased for it but has now found an outlet through movement as her mother raises funds to help her.
Myah Hauxwell was born with microphthalmia, which means that her eye didn’t develop in the womb, and she was born with a tiny eye. However, the condition makes it so she looks like she doesn’t have an eye at all.
Although she has lived with the condition all her life and has lived a typical childhood, Myah has been teased and bullied by other children because of her different appearance. Her mother, Lauren Hauxwell, wants to change that.
Lauren is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter the “normal” appearance she has been searching for since she realized she was different from other children.
What Has Myah’s Life Been Like?
Myah has undergone many different surgeries during her life aimed at giving her a prosthetic eye. When she was three, she became the first person in the UK to have an eye created from her stomach fat.The young girl is now nine and has undergone 24 surgeries for her eye, each one leaving her with scars, stitches, or a blue eye. When Myah was one, she had a prosthetic eye fitted, but her face collapsed because of the weight of it.
After all her surgeries, her family is now trying to raise funds to have a bionic eye fitted. The only person who does the eye is in the US and working closely with the family as the UK’s NHS. Lauren shared:
“The person we are seeing in America is the only one who does the bionic eye, it’s unique because it has a chip in it which reacts to sunlight, so the pupil moves and dilates. Given everything that Myah has gone through, I want the best for her.”
Lauren wants her daughter to have a normal childhood in which other children do not call her “ugly” or exclude her from activities because of her appearance. Fortunately, Myah has now found some confidence in football.
How Has Myah Built Her Confidence?
Lauren shared that her daughter recently started showing an interest in women’s football and particularly admired the Lionesses and players Jill Scott and Mary Earps. These women inspired her to join her school’s football team….CONTINUE READING