Eyes Full of Light
I was born with congenital glaucoma, which affects 1 in 100,000 or so people, and now is easily detected and treated. In 1969, however, there were only two people in the entire country who were able to perform the necessary surgery to reverse the effects. Because it was caught in time, the damage caused by the glaucoma was able to be minimized in my left eye, but my right eye was not so lucky. I've been legally blind in my right eye for my whole life--able to make out shapes, colors and some peripheral vision, but not much else. From time to time I run into things because I'm looking a bit too far to the left. It happened the other day, in fact. I face planted into a pole while I was walking on the street trying to figure out which way I was going. Luckily no one was there to see it. It's interesting to have sight in one eye, and almost none in the other. I am constantly reminded of what it would be like to lose my sight al...