June 8, 2018. Madison, Mississippi. Magic.

I sat in the examining room when Ken was seeing the specialist for the first time. The new doctor's specialty was the focusing of the eyes. The Ophthalmologist Ken had been seeing in Mississippi seemed fine but his solution for the double vision Ken was experiencing was to have Ken perform eye exercise, which did not work at all. Ken could not drive. Fortunately at that time I was driving. The eye doctor in Fredericksburg suggested that prisms in the glasses might help and it did. Ken had read about prisms but the Mississippi doctor said it did not work. But it did. Ken asked me to ask my glaucoma specialist what could be done because Ken's double vision had returned. Dr. K. said that Ken needed a specialist. Fortunately, there were two specialists in the same practice so I immediately made an appointment for Ken. Today was the day. Also something is happening to Ken's left eye, the one he has had retinal detachments, so now we have an appointment with the Retina Center. The vision in the left eye has dramatically decreased so must be checked out. But in that room today, I saw actual magic being performed. Neither Ken nor I had seen these pieces of equipment but with a few changes of this piece and that piece, all at once the double vision disappeared. The good doctor wrote new prescriptions for Ken's glasses, including a change with the prisms. Once Ken gets his new glasses he will no longer see double. I was thrilled and excited. Ken on the other hand, is waiting to be enthusiastic until he finds the glasses work. But not me. I was so impressed with the expertise of the doctor. His work deals with eye muscles, pediatric patients and focusing problems. He was the perfect doctor to help Ken. We both hope that when Ken regains strength and has single vision he will be able to drive. That really will be magic.