Two-year-old Yehuda and his twin brother were playing lulav in their home in the Jerusalem area during Sukkot - and Yehuda got hit in the eye. At first, it seemed that the blow was reasonable and we had to wait until the pain passed, but the next morning the boy woke up with a red and swollen eye.
The parents went to an ophthalmologist at the HMO, who sent them urgently to Shaare Zedek Medical Center - where after examination, it turned out that part of the lulav had entered the cornea of his eye, and even almost entered the front chamber of the eye. Yehuda underwent surgery with the head of the ophthalmology department, Prof. David Zadok, where the foreign object was removed from his eye and he was discharged.
Remove the foreign object. Shaare Zedek Hospital (Archive), photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Tamar, Yehuda's mother, says: "It could have ended differently. I urge parents to pay attention, and remember that even a game that seems safe can be dangerous – certainly in the hustle and bustle of the holidays, when sometimes you don't notice."
Later, she thanked the staff who cared for her son: "We thank the medical staff and also the wonderful nursing staff who cared for Yehuda and wish everyone well."
Prof. Zadok described: "Yehuda came to us with part of a lulav inside the cornea of the eye, and immediately entered the operating room. I urge parents to pay close attention to what goes into their children's eyes, especially when they are outside and small particles of leaves and the like can get into the eye and endanger vision. Children don't know how to say on their own what happened, so double caution is required on the part of the parents."
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