Connie Parke last saw her family more than a decade ago, but now she can see her grandchildren playing again and finally knows what her grown daughter looks like.
When she started to lose her sight and became blind she was told she had retinal detachment or glaucoma. But the diagnosis was wrong. In fact she had cataracts, which could be easily removed and restored her sight. After undergoing surgery, the 59-year-old already has clear eyes in both eyes.
In a statement from Metro, Connie from Aurora, Colorado said:People have to do checks again because I was blind for 15 years for no reason. Operations like the one I did have been performed for years. The day the retinal specialist told me I had no disease in my retinas, my husband and I were extremely upset. “I was upset with the doctors who could not find the real reason why I lost my sight, but the day I was able to see again, all that anger went away.”
Visual problems for Connie started in 2003. She started having problems with the lights while giving the car and the doctor told her it was because of glaucoma. Three weeks later her gaze was fading more and more.
At that point the woman was told they could not operate on her and that she would be blinded. After a few months he could not see at all. Only in 2018 after a visit to the ophthalmologist revealed that the diagnosis was wrong. On November 2 she underwent her first right eye surgery.
““When my bandage was removed the next day, the first thing I saw was the nurse’s eyebrow… I started to cry.”, confessed Connie. Shortly afterwards, she underwent a second operation and now the 59-year-old has full vision.
Restoring sight to him meant that he could see for the first time how big the granddaughter had grown up and see for the first time 8 other grandchildren.
