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Jean's Mom Irene has Lost Sight in Her Right Eye
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Jean's Mom, Irene lost sight in her right eye completely (all she sees is grey...she has no vision whatsover in her right eye). It happened very suddenly about 2 weeks ago. She had just been to Dr. Hamed, Neuro-Opthamologist 2 days before and had perfect 20/20 vision in both eyes. Her right eye went blurry completely 2 days later and immediately lost sight. She went back to see Dr. Hamed who noticed her optic nerve was inflamed and he also sent her immediately to a Retina Specialist the same day and for immediate bloodwork. The retina specialist said the retina was not involved, but confirmed the optic nerve being very inflamed and took many pictures of the back of the eye and optic nerve. It was also noticed that it appeared she had decreased blood flow going to the eye probably from diabetes. Her sugar has been good along, but had been fluctuating during the last 2 weeks. There were also some other spots behind the eye from inflamation,etc. She returned to Dr. Hamed a couple days later and had a vision field test (spots of light that you push a button when you see them) that revealed no sight in the right eye except one very tiny area in the very far outside right corner of the right eye. She went back to Dr. Hamed a couple days later again to go over everything and he confirmed that it is probably from cut off blood flow to the eye from diabetes (like a stroke in the eye) and that she probably would not get any sight back. He did put her on Alphagan eye drops which are meant for glaucoma as they have been doing research to see if it can help at all in her situation as they have been shown to protect the nerve fibers. She is supposed to take them twice a day in both eyes and then it is just a wait and see to see if she will get an sight at all back in the right eye although it is doubtful at this time. The key is to try to keep her diabetes under control to try and keep it from happening to the other eye. I have talked with her about keeping positive and being thankful for what you have and not worrying about what you can't change and she is handling it very well. We have even been able to joke about it some. She will be seeing her regular doctor on July 10th to see if her meds need adjusting. Please keep her in your prayers and she would love to get cards (as she does not have access to a computer). If interested you can mail them to Irene MacAlpine, 7844 SE 135th St., Summerfield, FL 34491). Please keep her in your prayers!
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