When Stephanie Agnew was 18, her mother was diagnosed with Cone-Rod Dystrophy, a hereditary disease that affects the cells in the retina and can lead to blindness. One year later,…
Kate.DoolanOctober 23, 2019
QEI Foundation Ambassador, Phoebe Young, suffered an allergic reaction called Stevens-Johnson Syndrome at 18. The reaction caused Phoebe’s eyes, skin and lungs to burn and blister. This left Phoebe with…
Kate.DoolanOctober 9, 2019
After a long night shift in August 2002, now retired Fire Station Officer Wayne Sticher noticed some soreness in his left eye. Not thinking much of it at the time,…
Kate.DoolanOctober 1, 2019
Oscar Eckersley is now aged nine, however has already been battling with congenital glaucoma since he was just five months old. By the age of five, Oscar had already endured…
Kate.DoolanSeptember 25, 2019
"If I am right, Rhys might regain at least some of his sight. If I am wrong, he will lose it all" We rarely, if ever give any consideration to…
Dorottya GecziSeptember 16, 2019
All good awareness and fundraising campaigns need a strong story-telling component. QEIF’s CEO and Executive Director, Mark Radford explains, “We were really keen to expand on the theme of how…
Angela BenstedAugust 27, 2019
In 2005, 24-year-old Lisa Cox was rushed to hospital after she collapsed at Melbourne Airport. Tests and scans reveled a significant bleed in her brain caused by a rare strain…
Dorottya GecziAugust 9, 2019
“Despite all the conditions I have, the one thing I value most is my eye sight. I look back and feel I was playing Russian roulette. Until I faced losing…
Dorottya GecziJuly 18, 2019
“I’ve always thought of this image of being able to see this beautiful face as I open my eyes, with a smile and everything else around." It was New Year’s…
Angela BenstedMay 14, 2019
