Thursday, September 17, 2009

“Eye of the Beholder” or “Fangs for the Memories”

A Mississippi woman who has been blind for 10 years had her sight restored when surgeons used a filed down tooth to hold a new lens in place in her eye. She can now see normally and just has to brush her eye twice a day.

The patient has been taking in every detail around her and they say she has a sharp eye.

She is able to see well enough to read again and has already chewed through several books.

She just has to be careful not to blink too hard, and that really bites.

Friends say the woman is thrilled to have the tooth in place. She hasn’t said so, but they can see it in her eyes.

Maintenance is simple. Once in a while she just has to whiten the tooth with a little Visine.

If her eyes get red, she just puts on one of those Crest whitening strips.

The only problem is that now, tweezing her eyebrows while driving is like pulling teeth.

Her color contact lenses have given her a built-in Bluetooth.