E is for Eye

Day 5 of the A-to-Z Blog Challenge

E is for Eye

I know everyone has two right?

Well it may look like everyone has two

and yes I guess I do too,

Except

One of mine is not real.

Well wait a minute, it is real

I just can't see through it.

Here is a picture of 

an artificial eye

And this is me

Can you tell which eye I am not looking at you with?

I get many compliments from people who are 

surprised to find out I can only see 

out of one eye.

Now you are probably wondering  how did 

I end up with an artificial eye?

One evening, when I was 10,

I was playing with my little sister and my dad's 

girlfriend two kids

out in the barn,

we were playing hide-n-seek

and I crawled into a piece of baling wire

and it scratched my eye.

Twenty three days in the hospital,

104 shots in my thighs

and the doctor came to my mom

and said he was sorry but he couldn't save it.

At age 16, after having a summer of lots of 

headaches the decision was made that

it was time to remove my eye.

In the hospital I was put in pediatrics

and I woke to see this on the wall

Yes, a pink elephant

and lots of other cute

animals and little kid things.

Let me just say it was not an easy time for me.

But there wasn't anything I do but move on

and so I have.

I have met some great people,

Todd Cranmore  & Christie Erickson, of 

Erickson Labs Northwest

I have been a patient of theirs since 

the early 1980's.

I have given them

and as a joke I have put a 

jar full of these great chocolate eyes on my desk

with an artificial eye in the middle.

Can you say 

Surprise???

I have made the fact that I have an artificial eye

a fun part of my life.

I have worn them as earrings by putting double sticky tape on them,

I have given them as gifts at white elephant Christmas parties.

Be ware of any small package 

you may receive from me.

I have lots of stories 

where this one came from,

so if we ever meet just ask me

and I will be happy to share an EYE experience with you.

So 

Have

You 

Figured 

Out 

Which

EYE 

I'm Looking At You With???.\

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It's the Left :)