“After the accident my eyes were completely swollen. I couldn’t see. At the hospital the trauma team thought I might lose my sight.
“Unsure of how best to help me, after some time they sent me to The National Centre for Maternal and Child Health (NCMCH), the only hospital in Mongolia that deals with children’s eye care. We were told there might be a specialist there that could help.
“At the NCMCH I was given a number of tests. Luckily, they could confirm my eyesight was fine but my tear duct was broken and no longer working properly. I would need very delicate surgery to fix this and the facial trauma but at that time there were no doctors throughout Mongolia that had the skills to do it. It was terrifying. It was summertime and I was soon to be starting a new school. I had been such a social kid before the accident, but now everything had changed.