I miss Eric sending me all of the latest eye research. At least what he thought was the latest eye research.
When Eric was in nursery school one of his teachers noticed that he seemed to be rubbing his eyes a lot and having trouble seeing when she would read stories. He was taken to the ophthalmologist, diagnosed with amblyopia and starting on a patching regimen.
Eric was very lucky in that he had an astute preschool teacher, a doctor who diagnosed him quickly and correctly, and parents who wouldn’t let him getting away with taking the patch off. Because of this he developed excellent eyesight in both eyes, with only a subtle difference between the two—but oh how that difference bothered him.
He was always emailing me articles from the popular press (usually the British popular press for some reason) that mentioned new treatments for amblyopia or any other eye disease. Usually most of the stuff was still highly theoretical, but it was nice to know that he was thinking about me.
Today, as I am slogging through actual medical journals in between patients, it would be a nice break to have one of his puff pieces to read.
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