Today we began our second day of clinic excited that we already have many wonderful stories of people whom we have been able to help. Our team has begun to come together working side by side and bonding through our experiences shared in and out of clinic.
Our mission is to deliver the gift of sight to as many people as we can in the Quiche region of Guatemala. Our team member Kristianne from Salt Lake City shared a story of one young gentleman who was in such need he traveled 8 hours by bus to get to our clinic. As we learned from our own experience with bus rides through the mountains of Guatemala is NOT an easy journey. We were able to help him so that he'll be able to perform his work more easily and enjoy clearer vision.
Luisa Leah, a 63 year-old woman who has never worn glasses. As she came through our clinic, Xiomera and Holly screened her to determine her prescription strength for glasses. The auto-refractor reading was so high that they thought perhaps they had gotten an inaccurate reading and had Lynn tell the doctors to double check her vision. Our student doctor from the St. Louis College of Optometry, Deanne, examined her and indeed her vision was so poor that she has been functionally blind up to this point.
The photo at the top is from another story we heard today that came from Lynn, who works for LensCrafters in Massachusetts. It was about Josefina who had been in an accident 17 years ago and suffered nerve damage to one of her eyes. She could no longer open her eye because of this. Josefina told Dr. Deanne, and Juliana, our team member from Oakley, that the injury was further aggravated by surgery. They consulted with Dr. Gill, a Sears Optical doctor from Columbus OH, who determined that we could only correct her vision in her other eye. Josefina was extremely excited and grateful that we could help with the vision in her one good eye, and we knew that excellent team work again made a real difference in someone's life.
Our mission is to deliver the gift of sight to as many people as we can in the Quiche region of Guatemala. Our team member Kristianne from Salt Lake City shared a story of one young gentleman who was in such need he traveled 8 hours by bus to get to our clinic. As we learned from our own experience with bus rides through the mountains of Guatemala is NOT an easy journey. We were able to help him so that he'll be able to perform his work more easily and enjoy clearer vision.
Luisa Leah, a 63 year-old woman who has never worn glasses. As she came through our clinic, Xiomera and Holly screened her to determine her prescription strength for glasses. The auto-refractor reading was so high that they thought perhaps they had gotten an inaccurate reading and had Lynn tell the doctors to double check her vision. Our student doctor from the St. Louis College of Optometry, Deanne, examined her and indeed her vision was so poor that she has been functionally blind up to this point.
The photo at the top is from another story we heard today that came from Lynn, who works for LensCrafters in Massachusetts. It was about Josefina who had been in an accident 17 years ago and suffered nerve damage to one of her eyes. She could no longer open her eye because of this. Josefina told Dr. Deanne, and Juliana, our team member from Oakley, that the injury was further aggravated by surgery. They consulted with Dr. Gill, a Sears Optical doctor from Columbus OH, who determined that we could only correct her vision in her other eye. Josefina was extremely excited and grateful that we could help with the vision in her one good eye, and we knew that excellent team work again made a real difference in someone's life.
Our team members all work hard on a OneSight mission, and it is patients like Luisa that reward us for the work we do. Through our work and sharing our experiences as we continue our mission here, we have come together like a family in Santa Cruz del Quiche. Buenas noches!
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