Guess what my dad won!!
 

Ok! So my dad went to a christmas party tonight at his work (currier at hospital) and at the beginning the main guy was at the front of the room giving a speech and then all of a sudden he called my dad's name. He went up and then they annouced he was picked to be the recipient of the gift of sight. He is one of the four people selected every year to receive free lasic eye surgery!:angel:

This is great news. You see, my dad is literally "legally blind". He was planning on getting this $6,000 dollar surgery in the next 5-10 years, but now...:yipi: Oh wow he is going to be in a great mood the next couple weeks!:whistle:

I would attach a picture but I thought I'd save all you from the sight:lol:

Sweet dude! Congrats to you and your dad! :party: :party:

WOW....Thats awesome.....i wear contacts and glasses,and believe me when i say good eyesight would be the greatest gift ever .....congrats to your dad

$6k...thats a lot more than what I have heard and looked into ( I have 20/400 un corrected vision) I have seen the prices range between $500-$2500. Is it more since he is leagally blind? My insaurance wont cover it...they say its cosmetic surgery.....thats a cock of shit

Oh I have no clue. Never looked into it. That's just what my dad said in his excitement rant... Who knows they could have been lying to him to get him more excited.:lol:

That's awesome news! Now turn down your music so he doesn't go deaf! There's no cure for that yet! :mdr:

Christmas party? Congrats to your dad.

awesome!! i need eye surgery, well, want it, but I'm only 14. Also, i wear contacts that correct my vision perfectly, they can just be annoying sometimes...

Thats very good news. Hope all goes well.

Thats awesome!!! Congratz! My buddy just got it done and it was 3k..

Congrads. to your Dad from me and my family!

Thanks for all the feedback guys! I can tell my dad is in a great mood today. He let me drive the family accord..:yipi:

Congrats to your pops. Strange, seems loads of us have some form of sight related issues- I myself should be wearing glasses for a slight stigmatism in my right eye, but I look stupid enough already without adding glasses to the mix...

I got Lasik surgery done a few years ago. It made a huge difference! I didn't realize how bad my sight was until it was corrected. I remember looking out the window and being amazed that I could differentiate the leaves on a tree from a distance. Crazy cool.

Congrats to your dad!

Way cool for your DAD!!! I hope they improved it, my sister got it a few years back and she has mega issues at night!, she just cant see.. Best of luck and congrads to DAD...

I just talked with a co worker who had it done 7 yrs ago and it was $5k and he was nearly legally blind and the next day he had 20/20 vision, and the doctor who performed the procedure gave him a lifetime gaurantee

Thats a real blessing he received.
phil

wow. thats something my gf needs really bad. in one eye she is legally blind and in the other eye she is close to being legally blind. she cant even drive in the rain and its really hard for her to drive at night.


hey metallover:

congrats to your dad

Hey drkros3, arent you worried that if your g/f got her eyesight back, she might realize what her boyfriend actually looks like...


:mdr: :whistle:

I just found something out tonight.

The guy that's doing the surgery, Vance Thompson, is the best eye surgeon in the world. He is the "pioneer of lasik eye surgery". That's really a blessing...:yes:

:yipi::party::yipi::party::yipi::party:

damn!. im going to go to my corner and cry now.