With Gratitude
They say that it takes a village to make things happen. But in my case, it took 40 people to help me to afford the cost of undergoing corrective eye surgery. Last year, during the summer, I noticed that I was having vision problems. I like to look up at the moon, and during such occasions, I would see a black spot in the center when looking at the moon with my right eye. I thought this was unusual. I checked with my left eye, and there was no black spot. But with my right eye, there was. This troubled me, so I started testing the vision with my right eye in other circumstances. I would try to look at things only with my right eye, but what I saw was blurry. Don’t get me started on the many mishaps I ran into when trying to drive. So, at one point, I texted my husband, “I think there is something wrong with my right eye.” I made an appointment with the ophthalmologist and got my vision checked. Turned out that I had Stage 3 glaucoma in...