The Things We Can Do
The surgery went well. Better than I could have imagined. I laid down unable to see shapes; then stood up ten minutes later, able to read the time on the clock across the room.
We have this phrase that we throw around, “the miracle of modern medicine.” It’s a true enough thing, and yet until you experience it, it’s just a platitude. For my part, my vision now looks something like this:
It’s about 20/50 in one eye and 20/70 in the other; and over the next few weeks I’m told it will improve. I’m not trying to sell anyone on anything, but I post this by way of saying that it’s just incredible, the things we can do.
