Michael's wanted to get Lasik for 10 years, but his prescription never really stabilized (all that reading in school?) and plus it was just expensive. After graduation he looked into it again, but by then he had dry eyes and a prescription so high that Lasik was no longer a great option. Lucky for him, there's now a Lasik alternative for people in his position. It's call Visian ICL and the procedure involves planting a rectangular lens under the cornea just in front of the natural lens. Michael's optometrist recommended the Eye Institute of Utah.
You can see the information right there on the bottom right. He went in for the initial exams and within a couple of days, we were all back for the operation. While we were in the waiting room, we could watch video of the surgeries that were going on. I tried to keep Jessica distracted while I got video of Michael's operation, but she got a glance and I hope she's not scarred for life...
I've decided not to embed the video of Michael's surgery on this page. I will, however, include the link to the YouTube video that he uploaded, but having the image of his eye clamped open here...well, it's kind of disturbing and I realize that some of the more squeamish readers might want to read this post without having to look at that screen shot, even if they chose not to watch it. But check out the video if you can. I think it's pretty amazing when you can see the lens actually inserted under his corneal flap and then positioned into place. Again, not for everyone, but check it out if you can:
It was amazing how quickly the surgery went - probably 20 minutes for both eyes. Then they had him take a nap for 2 hours which wasn't a problem with all the drugs they'd given him (he doesn't remember the surgery even though he was awake the whole time). They checked his eyes after and right away he was 20/15 in one eye and nearly 20/20 in the other. And that was it! He loves it and almost cried when we woke up the first morning and spent a few moments feeling around for his glasses before realizing that he could see the ceiling. Now he can't wait to go surfing or swimming without worrying about loosing a contact in the water.
After we were done at the Eye Institute, we went downtown to celebrate with my parents. We all went to the Garden Restaurant on top of the Joseph Smith Building and had a great time. I love these pictures we got on our way over.
Chandler loves being the little buddy.
The views were great up there and dinner was perfect.
Jessica wanted one more treat before driving all the way back to Idaho Falls. She's discovered the joys of push-pops.
Well finally, I should add a picture of Michael with his new eyes.
5 comments:
Modern medicine is so awesome!! And your eyes look great -- I can totally tell!! ha ha
As goofy as it may sound, I actually CAN tell a difference just looking at his eyes. I have never seen them so white in all the time I've known him - he's always had some red eye because they're so sensitive. Now they're always pure white... amazing!
That is AWESOME!!!! How much did it cost? Is it cheaper than lasik? I've wanted to get my eyes done soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo badly for soooooooooooo long because I am sooooooooooooo blind!!
You loooook mahhhhvelous!
wow craig would like to do something like that. he was in the same boat with his eyes getting worse with law school. but we read that after lawschool and not reading so much your eyes could go back so we were hoping something like that would happen. How much does the surgery cost??
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