Service Leader

At age 12, I was admitted to a Children’s Hospital on New Year’s Eve. Over days, my normal vision had deteriorated to 20/400 distance, with very limited peripheral vision, and no color. After a brain scan and spinal tap ruled out more catastrophic causes, doctors concluded that a virus had randomly attacked my optic nerve. They started medicine to fight it, but were not optimistic about regaining my sight. Miraculously, the medicine worked! I had full recovery of my vision in weeks, but suffered permanent damage to my optic nerve, which is routinely monitored now.