Eye Wide Open

Because of the paralysis in my face, I could not close my right eye, which caused it to become dried out and potentially damaged. A doctor tried to solve this problem by sewing a one-gram piece of gold into the layers of skin in my upper eyelid. This helped to close the eye for a while, but it wasn't long before it was popping open again. The doctor replaced the weight with a two-gram weight. Again, this worked for a while, but I guess my eyes were contrary and stubborn (which means they're a lot like me). The eyelid stopped closing, and it wasn't long before the weight started to cut through the skin of my eyelid, dangling rather ominously from my eye.

At this point, I went to an eye doctor I hadn't seen before, and he told me the best way to solve the problem was to make the eye opening smaller by sewing together the corners of the eyelids. This plan frightened me a bit, and I was apprehensive at first that I might not be able to see out of the eye, but the doctor and my friend Arrin, who was with me, convinced me that it was the best thing to do. So I agreed to the plan, and after that the eye was easier to close. 

"For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes . . ."

(Isaiah 29:10)

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