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A mother is appealing for answers over the mysterious condition which left her son with bulging eyes.
Kobi-Jai Morgan, who is registered blind, was born last March with bruising around his eyes and was unable to open them.
He spent six weeks in hospital, where doctors discovered the structure of his eyes had not fully developed but could not figure out why.
Despite appointments with specialists, medics have been left scratching their heads over what is causing his condition.
His mother, Morgan Nottingham, from Ystalyfera in South Wales, is now desperately searching for answers.
Kobi-Jai Morgan, who is registered blind, was born in March 2022 with bruising around his eyes and was unable to open them
His mother, Morgan Nottingham (right), from Ystalyfera in South Wales, is now desperately searching for answers
The 24-year-old's labour was induced in last spring at a hospital in Bridgend, where she had a difficult delivery.
Kobi-Jai was then transferred to a neonatal intensive care unit at Singleton Hospital in Swansea and put on ventilation and a feeding tube.
As well as bruising around the eyes, he had a large hole in his heart and a floppy larynx — the tube that helps carry air to the lungs and contains vocal cords.
His unknown condition means his eyes are light-sensitive and he spends a lot of
