October 26, 2016
Khom is a 55-year-old rice farmer from Cambodia. She likes to watch Khmer dramas on television and listen to the news on the radio.
Khom developed a cataract in each eye about one year ago, causing her blurred vision, tearing, irritation, and photophobia, or extreme sensitivity to light. She has difficulty seeing objects, recognizing faces, doing her work, and going places by herself. To seek treatment, Khom traveled two hours to a facility run by Watsi’s medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC).
On October 26, doctors at CSC performed a small incision cataract surgery on each of Khom’s eyes, removing her clouded lenses and replacing them with clear, intraocular lens implants. Khom requires financial support to cover the $292 procedure. After recovery, she will be relieved of her symptoms and be able to see clearly again.
“I hope that I can see more clearly than now so that I can continue my work in the rice fields, do housework, and go anywhere by myself,” says Khom. Let’s help fund this operation for Khom!
Khom is a 55-year-old rice farmer from Cambodia. She likes to watch Khmer dramas on television and listen to the news on the radio.
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December 19, 2016
Khom successfully received vision-restoring cataract surgery.
Khom’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. Khom 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 Khom returns.
“I am very happy that my sister can see clearly,” says Khom’s brother. “She can do any work and go anywhere she wishes. I am thankful.”
Khom'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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