7-year-old Carter is now able to sleep with his eyes closed following a major eyelid surgery (1/20)

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by Jason J November 19, 2024, 4:19 pm

7-year-old Carter is now able to sleep with his eyes closed following a major eyelid surgery

Fox News had been following Carter’s journey for years and discovered that his condition forces his eyelids to turn outwards, making it impossible for them to close.

“He cannot blink, he sleeps with his eyes open and is often experiencing lots of pain and discomfort because of this,” wrote Shai, Carter’s mother, on her GoFundMe page when she first decided to raise funds for surgery.

The initial goal was to raise at least $8,000 for an oculoplastic surgery—which involved removing skin from a different part of Carter’s body and grafting it onto his eyelids. In the end, they received more than $46,000.