A TODDLER is at risk of blindness due to a rare condition that means her eyes won't stop growing - and has left her crying blood. Little Aretria Bice, 21 months, was born with big blue eyes , which friends, family and strangers all found adorable. 5 Aretria Bice, 21 months, has bilateral congenital glaucoma, a genetic abnormality which causes extreme and growing pressure on the optic nerve Credit: SWNS 5 Mum Louise Bice, 35, noticed that one of Aretria's eyes was cloudy when she was 6 months Credit: SWNS 5 The tot has undergone five surgeries to fix the condition and is at risk of blindness Credit: SWNS But when was just six months old in May 2023, one of Aretria's baby blues turned "milky" and any light caused the tot to scream in pain.
After being rushed to hospital she was diagnosed with a genetic abnormality, which saw extreme and growing pressure on the optic nerve - causing her eyes to swell. She had a string of urgent surgeries - the last two to insert a tube to drain the excess fluid from her eyes. But each one failed, and one even left her crying blood .
Now, Aretria is waiting to go under the knife for the sixth time. Her worried parents, Louise, 35, and Connor Bice, 30, have been told Aretria's eyes will never get smaller once they've grown in size. They're becoming desperate for a solution as their daughter - who is already extremely short-sighted - will lose more vision as time goes on.
Louise, a stay-at-home mum from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, said: "Aretria ha.