Source: Wowktv

A rare eye disorder leaves a small child nearly blind, but parents say there may be hope.

BELLE – Young 14-month-old Kailey Hughes was diagnosed with the Septo Optic Dysplasia at the age of five months. It left her almost completely blind.

“She’s a perfect little baby and we just want her to be able to be confident and hold her head up and just smile because she’s beautiful,” said her mother Jody Johnson.

When doctors told Kailey’s parents that there was no hope for her to see they started looking elsewhere. Their prayers may have been heard, on the other side of the world.

Parents said she has been approved for stem cell treatments in China. But the costs are steep. “It will be $30,000 for surgery and $6,000 dollars to reserve a date and time,” said her father Dewey Hughes.

Family members are counting on the generosity of others to help a fundraising miracle to come true. Through a series of hot dog sales and other events the family has raised thousands, but is still very far away from their goal of $40,000 dollars. “We just want her to be able to see,” said Johnson.

TO HELP THE FAMILY WITH DONATIONS:

BB&T BANK
5701 MaCorckle Ave.
Charleston, WV

Benefit Gospel Sing for Baby Kailey
Cedar Grove Baseball Field
July 17th, 2010
3 p.m.

For more information you can contact Dewey Huges at RhsDew62@yahoo.com