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I JUST WANT TO SEE MY FAMILY AGAIN

IT’S been four years since she was able to work, run the marathons she so loved, do her makeup or choose her own outfits.

Life for Velindie February came to a standstill when what she thought was an ordinary eye infection led to the trauma of her corneas melting. And now, 40 operations later, she’s completely blind, capable only of discerning light and dark through one eye.

Velindie can barely move between the rooms of her home in Kleinbosch, Cape Town, without help and relies on her husband, Dale, and parents, Vivi and Lorraine, to do everything for her.

Her last hope is a trip to England where a team of specialists at a private eye hospital will hopefully

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