Doctors in her home country, Saudi Arabia, tried surgery but called off her operation when a sudden and unexpected body movement as they were working on her left eye disclosed a previously unsuspected allergy to anesthesia.
蘇菲亞的身體狀況一向不佳，去年十一月，她因白內障在當地一家醫院接受摘除手術。不料，手術時她突然嘔吐，以致左眼眼球受震，手術失敗。醫生匆匆將傷口縫合，右眼的白內障摘除術也決定暫緩施行。