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I sustained skull and facial injuries, including a severed optic nerve in my right eye.

During my coma, there were times they were very close to losing me and I almost didn’t make it, twice. I am fortunate to be alive today.

The program is designed to help individuals and their caregivers to overcome and grow through the life-altering experience of vision loss.

I have also had to undergo 7 reconstruction surgeries on my left eye before I was able to receive the prosthetic I now wear today.

Journey Rose was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer known as unilateral retinoblastoma.

It’s not like potty training where you can ask your best friends for tips and tricks.

I’m 19 years into recovery now and I’m coping very well with my prosthetic eye.

A driver ran a red light, and when my airbag deployed a metal washer shot into my eye.

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At the age of 21, after an accident with a knife, I lost all vision in my left eye.

I walked into a piece of unwinded chain link fence at the field’s entrance.

On my path to becoming an optometrist, some people told me I would not be able to excel due to my monocular status.

I am a bit traumatized by what happened to my eye. People ask me a lot of questions about it and they can be difficult for me to answer.

The life-saving measures performed to keep me alive conjointly caused retinal detachments in both my eyes.

Looking into a mirror and really observing our faces, our eyes, and our prosthetic eyes.

I was diagnosed with a form of cancer called Retinoblastoma.

I’ve had about 5 surgeries in the span of 2 years to try and save my left eye

I was walking down the sidewalk and a drunk driver drove up onto the sidewalk and hit me.

The tip of the machete accidentally sliced me across my face and cut my eyeball in half in the process.