Cassandra Perry’s Cornea Transplant Story

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متلقي القرنية

كانت كاساندرا بيري تبلغ من العمر 30 عامًا وكانت أم وحيدة لطفلين عندما وصل الخبر: كانت مصابة بالعمى. اضغط هنا للتسجيل.

كانت تعاني من فقدان تدريجي للرؤية عزت ذلك إلى قصر نظرها الشديد. قالت كاساندرا: "لم أستطع رؤية تفاصيل أشياء مثل أنصال العشب".

قام طبيب عيون جديد بتشخيص حالتها بأنها مصابة بضمور فوكس ، وهو مرض تنكسي يثخن القرنية (عدسة العين) ويسبب الألم وتشوه الرؤية والعمى. شعرت كاساندرا ، من نورثفيل ، بالرعب من أنها لن تكون قادرة على إعالة ابنها البالغ من العمر ثماني سنوات وابنتها البالغة من العمر 10 سنوات.

Just one day after her diagnosis, she saw an ophthalmologist, who contacted the Michigan Eye-Bank, which is a partner of Gift of Life Michigan. The Eye-Bank fulfills the wishes of donors who want to give their corneas to help people receive a second chance for sight. Cassandra received two transplants over a 4 month period and one month after the surgery, began to see a whole new world. “The things I had been missing for years started to come into focus,” she said. “Like the freckles on my son’s face.”

The decisions of strangers, who wanted only to help others, saved Cassandra’s vision and helped her remain the sole provider for her family. She’s grateful to her donors and to those who helped make it all possible: “The Michigan Eye-Bank gave me hope and they gave me sight,” she said. “I can’t thank them enough.”

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