Brave Bin-Bin now accepts he is blind after getting new eyes
Six-year-old victim of horrific attack has new prosthetic eyes after successful surgery and is bearing up well despite traumatic event
Guo Bin, the six-year-old Shanxi boy whose eyes were gouged out in a horrific attack in August, has now accepted that he has lost his vision as he bravely embraces a programme of recovery, doctors say.
The boy, known as Bin-Bin, is expected to be discharged from a Shenzhen eye hospital in two weeks after successful surgery to put in place his new prosthetic eyes. The prosthetics will give him the appearance of normal eyes, although his eyesight is gone. In September, he was given eye-socket implants in preparation for his new eyes.
Dr Dennis Lam Shun-chiu, the director of the C-MER Dennis Lam Eye Hospital, said a psychological assessment by experts showed that the gruesome attack left a lasting impression on the young boy's psyche.
"He is feeling very insecure and is easily frightened," Lam told a press conference yesterday. "He clings to his mother all the time. And he would say he is afraid of bad people."
Aside from the lasting psychological effects, the boy appeared to be physically healthy, brave and remained positive despite losing his sight, the Hong Kong doctor said.
Lam said Bin-Bin asked his mother whether his new eyes looked good, and when his mother said yes, the boy was overjoyed.
"My handwriting used to be quite beautiful when I could still see," Bin-Bin told his mother one day, according to the doctor. "The teacher always rewarded me with a little red flower."