Receptor de córnea
Cassandra Perry tenía 30 años y era madre soltera de dos cuando llegó la noticia: se estaba quedando ciega. Haga clic aquí para registrarte.
Había estado experimentando una pérdida gradual de la visión que atribuyó a su extrema miopía. "No podía ver los detalles de cosas como briznas de hierba", dijo Cassandra.
Un nuevo oftalmólogo le diagnosticó distrofia de Fuch, una enfermedad degenerativa que engrosa las córneas (el cristalino del ojo) y causa dolor, visión distorsionada y ceguera. Cassandra, de Northville, estaba aterrorizada de no poder mantener a su hijo de ocho años y su hija de 10 años.
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.”
Ir a https://www.michiganeyebank.org para obtener más información sobre la donación de córnea.
