Te’ LaVette sometimes slept in her contact lenses for up to two weeks at a time — and it caught up with her on her wedding day. Quality care saved the day and her sight.
Thomas Steinemann, MD, diagnosed Te’ LaVette with a corneal infection but managed to save her vision.
Written By: Susanne Medeiros
Thomas Steinemann MD
www.aao.org
Oct. 03, 2017
The day of Te’ LaVette’s wedding was busy, but not in the way she had planned. Te’ had a bad habit of sleeping in her contact lenses. She got away with it for some five years. But it caught up with her – on her wedding day. Within 24 hours, what started as an annoying pain in her left eye, progressed to blindness.
On her Big Day, Te’ woke with a red, irritated eye. At first, she wasn’t too concerned. She hurried on her way to her 6 a.m. hair appointment. A couple hours later, hair perfect, the hairdresser drew the blinds, letting in the morning sun. The pain was excruciating. Te’s eye had become extremely sensitive to light.
Instead of getting her makeup done, she headed to urgent care. But it wasn’t the right urgent care for her insurance carrier. She got bounced around to another location before she ended up at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, where she was prescribed an antibiotic.
Medication in hand, she hopped in the car with her mom, because she was unable to drive at this point, and raced to her wedding. She made it, with 30 minutes to spare. No makeup, but that was OK. She’s a crier, and she anticipated happy tears that afternoon. Her only concern was her pictures. Her bridesmaids took care of that worry. It was an outside wedding, so the wedding party wore sunglasses with their violet sundresses.
While her eye still hurt, the rest of her wedding day went off as planned. But in the morning, things took a turn for the worse.
Medication in hand, she hopped in the car with her mom, because she was unable to drive at this point, and raced to her wedding. She made it, with 30 minutes to spare. No makeup, but that was OK. She’s a crier, and she anticipated happy tears that afternoon. Her only concern was her pictures. Her bridesmaids took care of that worry. It was an outside wedding, so the wedding party wore sunglasses with their violet sundresses.
While her eye still hurt, the rest of her wedding day went off as planned. But in the morning, things took a turn for the worse.
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“When I got up in the morning, I couldn’t see out of my left eye,” Te’ said. “I was scared.”
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