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Kristy Dawson

'I could see into his eye': Dad takes on Great North Run after condition leaves his son blind in one eye

A young boy has been left blind in one eye after being diagnosed with a rare condition.

Andrew Norton's became concerned about his two-year-old son Oliver's right eye after noticing he could see into his eyeball. The 39-year-old rushed him to A&E after spotting a white mass at the back of his eye.

Medics told Andrew and his wife Joanne, 37, that Oliver could either have cancer of the retina, known as Retinoblastoma, or Coats' disease - an abnormality of the blood vessels in the back of the eye.

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