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An older Korean woman expresses relief as she finally leaves the hospital after an extended stay.

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This is a good friend's 77 year old mom who'd been hospitalized for the last couple of weeks due to pain in her eyes, dizziness, vomiting and headaches. After undergoing multiple tests she was allowed to leave today. However, she has the early stages of glaucoma in her left eye and she may need an operation if the medicine she's taking doesn't correct the problem. She could eventually go blind in that eye and the doctors said the problem could spread to her other eye as well.

But that's a problem for another day. Today she could leave the hospital and she was as happy as you could be, getting a chance to get out in the fresh air for the first time in several days. We took a walk together, had a nice lunch, and then I drove her home. She enjoyed all of it, a welcome respite from the gloom of a hospital bed.

I've gained a lot of respect for my friend, who stayed overnight with her everyday, running back and forth between work, her home and the hospital without complaint. My hat goes off to her.

Love the doll in the last 2 frames and those red arrows in the background in the top photo as they symbolize the frustrating back and forth she had to suffer through as the doctors spent days trying to figure out what was wrong with her....

More information about glaucoma en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucoma

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