October 26, 2016
Khun is a 62-year-old rice farmer with three sons, two daughters, and eight grandchildren. She likes to go to the pagoda to listen to monks pray.
Five years ago, Khun developed a cataract in each eye, causing her blurred vision, burning, itchiness, cloudy lenses, and extreme sensitivity to light. She has difficulty seeing things clearly, recognizing faces, working, and going anywhere outside.
When Khun learned about our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre, she traveled for three hours with her daughter seeking treatment. On October 26, doctors performed small incision cataract surgery in each eye and inserted intraocular lens implants. After recovery, she will be able to see clearly again. Now, Khun needs help to fund this $292 procedure.
“I hope that my eyes can see everything more clearly,” she says, “so that I can continue my work in my rice fields, do housework, and go anywhere outside by myself.”
Khun is a 62-year-old rice farmer with three sons, two daughters, and eight grandchildren. She likes to go to the pagoda to listen to monks ...
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December 5, 2016
Khun successfully received vision-restoring cataract surgery.
Khun’s eye cataract was successfully removed from her left eye and clear vision has been restored. Following the operation, she was given eye drops to reduce inflammation and fight infection. Khun went home after the first surgery and has yet to return to have the same operation completed in the other eye. Because returning to the clinic requires taking a day off from work and usually a family escort, she may have had trouble finding a day to come back. Also, because she left with clear vision in one eye, her problems with blurred vision are less of a burden making the second surgery a less immediate priority than the first. The second surgery will be free whenever Khun returns.
“I feel very happy that I can see clearly,” says Khun. “I can continue my work in my rice fields, do housework, and go places by myself easily.”
Khun's eye cataract was successfully removed from her left eye and clear vision has been restored. Following the operation, she was given ey...
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