It is hard to describe the feeling of helplessness when your baby daughter clearly can't see well. Desperate for a medical symptom diagnosis, we visited the departments of ophthalmology at various leading medical centers, both in the US and abroad. Some of the specialists we saw suspected our daughter had a rare genetic disease called Leiber's congenital amaurosis (LCA), however, no one could make the diagnosis with certainty.

The staff at Raphael Medical researched the condition for us and found the world's leading specialist in this condition at Johns Hopkins University. She was able to finally confirm the diagnosis, and to then help us focus on how to best help our daughter. When Johns Hopkins organized a meeting for families suffering with LCA, we were invited to attend the conference and were able to meet many other patients and parents of children with the same problem. This also greatly helped us to cope with our daughter's vision problems and challenges. We are extremely thankful to Raphael Medical. Without them, we would not have known what to do or where to go.

B. S. C., San Juan, Puerto Rico