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Jandel Perez, 2, of Green Bay, looks at a stuffed animal last month before eye surgery at the American Family Children's Hospital in Madison. His mother, Maricela Perez, holds him. A steak knife pierced Jandel's right eye in April when the family was visiting relatives in Mexico. Doctors did an initial surgery there, followed by another one in Madison in August. Eventually the boy should have up to 20-60 vision in the damaged eye, doctors say.

Jandel Perez holds onto his mother Maricela as she talks to doctors before his eye susgery last month at the American Family Children's Hospital in Madison. Doctors, through a series of surgeries, are trying to restore vision in Jandel's injured right eye before his developing brain loses the ability to process images with the eye.

Kendra Loch, center, celebrates a goal at a soccer game in April. The Memorial High School student, now a senior, injured her left eye when a soccer ball hit it during a game in May 2007. She now wears safety goggles to protect the eye, which was repaired through surgery at UW Hospital.

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