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an eight year old fan of toronto blue jays has revealed that he will be supporting his favorite team with a custom artificial eye.
When Logan Dorna was six months old, his left eye was removed after he was diagnosed with the disease. retinoblastoma,
Matthew Milne, an ophthalmologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, personally designed Logan’s eye.
Children in Canada are given a new glass eye every two years until they turn eighteen, and Logan told canadian press He wanted his new eye to be “special”, as he was getting it closer to the playoffs.
“I wanted to get a special look because I love playing baseball and I love watching it,” he said.
blue Jays The logo is featured on top of the eye, and delicate red seams are also drawn, like a baseball.
This week, Logan’s favorite team advances to the World Series for the first time since 1993, where they will face the LA Dodgers.
The iris is golden, and there is a reference to the second painting at the top of the eye the Legend of ZeldaOne of Logan’s favorite video games.
Logan’s mom Talyn says her son has started wearing his custom-designed eye to his favorite team’s games.
talin said canadian press That Logan, whose preferred position is as an outfielder, “believes in his soul it’s giving him a little extra luck.”
He said he hopes his son will be proud of his creation eye Helps other children feel more confident about themselves.
“This is what we always wanted for her… There is no social stigma attached to having a prosthetic eye because it is a visible difference,” Taline said. “We want her to always feel confident and not be ashamed of who she is because it’s part of her identity.”
Milne said he believes designing a custom eye could help children in such conditions. retinoblastoma,
“When you’re dealing with a very adult problem like retinoblastoma, I always want to give kids the opportunity to customize something for themselves, to make it fun for them,” he said.
Although having one eye may mean that his “depth perception is really off”, his mother says that hitting balls gives him “confidence.”
Logan’s artificial eye is attached to his eye muscles, allowing it to coordinate with his brown seeing eye.
He has one glass eye that is tinted brown, but Talyn pointed out toronto sun That his son wants to wear gold every day.
“He’ll want to wear it every day and we’ll totally encourage him to do whatever he wants,” she said. “He feels really comfortable about it because he really feels like it’s a topic of conversation with people.
“Like he’ll actually start talking about it which is really cool. That’s what we wanted.”
Talin has written a book for children called extraordinary eye, Which he published in 2021.