Artist's vision restored with stranger's gift, pioneering operation
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(MyFoxAtlanta.com)
A graphic designer can see again, as a result of a generous, anonymous donor and a breakthrough procedure.
David Gama, 32, suffers from keratoconus, a degenerative disorder of the cornea, MyFoxAtlanta.com reported.
After Gama recently appeared on television to tell his story, a stranger donated the money needed to cover the surgery Gama needed to restore his sight.
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According to MyFoxAtlanta.com, Gama traveled to California last week to visit Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler, the inventor of a breakthrough cornea implant procedure and the only doctor federally approved to perform the surgery.
The operation involved two minimally-invasive procedures in which Wachler reshaped Gama's cornea and locked the shape into place permanently.
"Being able to see, there's really no limits for what I can do," Gama told MyFoxAtlanta.com.
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Because the procedure was successful, Gama will not have to undergo a riskier corneal transplant surgery.