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Chapter 19 An Early Birthday Wish Come True

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March 21

It’s game day tomorrow. Mom and I will be heading to Kaiser, San Francisco
to see Dr. Phan for the first time, since the removal of my eye plaque on
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December 12 . I can’t believe the day is finally here. It’s been a long
haul. I’ve had a hard time sleeping, because I'm so nervous about how things
were going to go. I just need stay positive and be thankful for where I’m
at. I’m just thankful I'd followed my instinct to go see Dr. Phan when I did.

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March 22

I had another rough night of sleeping. Thinking about today was taking its
toll. Here we go! Fingers are crossed. Let’s have some good news.

Mom and I left San Ramon. It was rainy. It took about an hour and half to get
to San Francisco. As we crossed the Bay Bridge, the sun began to peak
out. What a beautiful day it was turning out to be.
We parked, in the parking lot and walked into the Kaiser building. Up to the
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4 floor. Riding in the elevator, I could feel the stress growing. What was going to
happen? I checked in and mom and I sat down in the waiting room.

Finally, one of the technicians called my name. Mom waited, because I knew
they were going to run several tests to compare to my last visit. Mom gave
me a smile of reassurance. As I walked with the technician, my mind was
racing, even though my body language may have appeared to be
relaxed. The technician lead me into a room where I took a seat. She
explained we’d be running all the tests again. I’d then meet with Dr. Phan to
disgust the results and next steps.

First, the tech gave me an eye test. My eye site in my left (good eye) was
somewhere around 20/25. The eye site in my right (bad eye) was 20/30 –
20/60. I was wondering if things had gotten worse. To my surprise, after the
test, the technician said both eyes were 20/20! I couldn’t believe it. I said,
"Are you sure?" She said, "Yes." My eyes got better? That’s crazy! She
seemed a little shocked too.

Next, the technician put dilating drops in both my eyes so they could do the
next several tests. She then lead me out of that room and down the hall to the
next area of testing. I had to wait about 20 minutes while my eyes