Rosa: cataract surgery and independence restored
A cataract operation gave Rosa back her sight, and with it her independence.
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Cataracts had taken most of Rosa’s sight and, with it, her ability to manage on her own. Social Vision arranged cataract surgery with a partner specialist. Rosa can see again, and lives independently.
Her operation had to wait until her blood pressure was safe. A check at CIMA, the foundation’s cardiac partner, found it dangerously high; with stronger medication her numbers improved within two weeks and she was cleared for surgery.
For an older person living alone, sight is independence: cooking safely, reading a prescription, walking to the market. Cataract surgery is one of the most direct ways a gift changes a life, and it is part of the foundation’s vision services program.
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