As a member of the vision group for our team, I worked daily with all patients we saw. While it was helpful to give readers to those needing them, it was particularly gratifying to find a bifocal that enabled an elderly person, not only to see again for distance, but especially giving the person the ability to read, sew and do other close work they had been unable to do.
I had a 75 year old woman who did not know how to read but who wanted to be able to sew and mend for her family. It took awhile while I tried different combinations of her basic prescription, but eventually I found a pair of glasses that gave her good distance vision as well as close up sight. When she finally looked up from seeing print clearly (although she could not read the letters) her face broke into a huge smile. The translator said the woman kept saying over and over “I can see! I can see!” As she stood up to leave, she hugged me and gave me blessings for making her world bright again.
She was just one of many elderly men and women whom I worked with and each one was so very grateful to have the gift of sight returned to them.
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