Hmmm... See Pictures of a Baby Born with No Eyes

Richie Lopez, pictured above, is 3 months old and is a baby
boy that was born without eyes to a family in Arizona.
According to his mother, Kelly Lopez, she had a completely
normal pregnancy. Her ultrasounds never hinted her son
would be born without eyes. However, hours after Richie's
birth at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, Lopez
became concerned when her son still had not opened his
eyes.
The staff, at first, thought his face was simply swollen from
birth. Thirteen days later, his mother says
an MRI showed Richie did not have eyes.
"I think we were just in shock. Obviously very
upsetting," she told 3TV. "The first thought through
your mind is, how did this even happen and how was
it not even caught?"
The family still has no answers, and various doctors have
said that the condition is extremely rare.

At seven weeks, Richie had expanders placed in his eye
sockets, which are designed to allow the socket to grow
and one day be able to hold a prosthetic eyeball. They were
held in with sutures, but during feedings and burpings,
Richie managed to rub them both out.
One was lost and presumably eaten by the family dog.
Lopez found the other, and while on the phone with a
surgeon at 2 a.m., she was able to re-insert it.
"It was so emotional, but I knew I had to do it. I knew
that he needed this and I had no other choice; we
were going to get it back in," Lopez recalled.
The family members quickly developed a positive attitude,
but they are still learning to deal with insensitive comments
from people in public. Richie now wears a pair of baby
sunglasses.


Doctors told the family Richie does have an optic nerve,
which keeps hope alive about him being able to see one
day.
"That would be amazing," his mother said. "I do hope that
one day that they'll be able to either grow an eye or
transplant an eye."
Richie is already enrolled in developmental programs
designed for blind babies and plays with specially designed
toys. The family is determined to see him live a life that is
challenging but full.
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