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Son 'may lose sight in one eye' | Son 'may lose sight in one eye' |
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A Londonderry mother has said she fears her eight-year-old son may lose his sight in one eye after he was struck in the face with a glass bottle. | A Londonderry mother has said she fears her eight-year-old son may lose his sight in one eye after he was struck in the face with a glass bottle. |
Ciaran Doherty was playing outside his Quarry Street home when the incident happened on 16 March. | Ciaran Doherty was playing outside his Quarry Street home when the incident happened on 16 March. |
Police have appealed for witnesses to the incident, which has only recently been reported, to contact them. | Police have appealed for witnesses to the incident, which has only recently been reported, to contact them. |
Ciaran's mother Ashleen said her son has already lost "part of his sight in the eye". | Ciaran's mother Ashleen said her son has already lost "part of his sight in the eye". |
"We took him to the hospital straight after he came and they told us to bring him back the next morning and the surgeon would stitch the eyelid," she said. | "We took him to the hospital straight after he came and they told us to bring him back the next morning and the surgeon would stitch the eyelid," she said. |
"But that's when they noticed the actual eyeball was cut from the top right down to the bottom and he got 12 stitches." | "But that's when they noticed the actual eyeball was cut from the top right down to the bottom and he got 12 stitches." |
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