Boy loses eye after getting shot with Nerf gun
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A 9-year-old boy who was hit in the eye by a toy arrow six years ago has had to have the organ removed after his friend shot a Nerf gun pellet at it, injuring it further.
Taylor-Jay Ravicini of Swansea in Wales was just 3 years old when the first freak accident occurred.
Doctors saved his eye, but the unlucky schoolboy’s mother is now fundraising to buy him a special prosthetic eye after a Nerf gun pellet hit him in the same eye in August.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“I was there with my three children and everything just happened in a flash,” his 35-year-old mother said.
“What are the chances of an accident happening twice in the same eye?”
“I was downstairs and I heard a devastating scream and my heart sunk, I couldn’t even go to see him, I sent my partner as I knew something had happened.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“Taylor’s eye was full of blood and it was causing a build-up of pressure. Doctors told us that he risked losing sight in both eyes if we didn’t remove the damaged one.”
She is now hoping to raise enough money for a more convincing prosthetic eye after some students started bullying Taylor.
“I really don’t want people thinking I am a bad mother,” she said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“I am constantly worrying for him and what will happen next, it has just been one big emotional roller coaster.”
“I hope people understand how much he needs this prosthetic eye.”