Parents of Liam Reid, boy going blind, question fairness of system

Liam Reid’s family has struggled to pay for his care at a U.S. hospital while another boy with the same rare eye condition has received 49 treatments paid for by the Ontario government.

If Liam, nearly 3, does not receive surgery to correct the vision in his left eye, he will go blind before he is 4 years old, said his mother, Kristina Reid. Liam has a retinal condition called advanced bilateral persistent fetal vasculature syndrome or Norrie disease.

“With only two kids in Ontario with this, how can one be funded and Liam not?” Reid asked. “The out-of-country funding process needs to be investigated.”