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Cameron Ellis and Ross Thompson
Ross Thompson Turning a Blind Eye
“W hen I was just 15 years old, I was working with construction at a friend’s house when a nail broke in half and shot back into my right eye. I was took straight home and soon after my arrival, my dad drove me to the Emergency Room. I had surgery the day after my night in the Emergancy Room to remove any metal and to clean my eye so that the infection did not spread. The main thing I struggle with now is things not being as clear sometimes, and I cannot see alot of things to the side of me because I lost peripheral vision. It doesn’t affect me much anymore except sometimes when I have something in my peripheral vision I cannot see it so I have to turn my head more to see it with my other eye. I don’t notice it personally. Some people say they can because my right eye looks like it is closed all the time, and if they look close my pupil is not around anymore. Many other people say that my eyes are different color blues now.”
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The Time I...
“I went on a road trip to Burwell Nebraska with some friends. We went to the rodeo and were headed back to our Airbnb around midnight. Central nebraska late at night is pitch black and when I got out of the passenger seat and ran around the back of the car, I hit my knee on a hitch and went face first into the metal edge of the trailer. Immediately, I felt my tongue go straight through my new gap and I had lost 2 of my front teeth. When it first happened, in the begining of August, I got alot of questions about it from my friends and from people who don’t know me. The worst part about loosing my two front teeth is the cost of everything and the time it takes. It is a very long process to get new teeth. So far I have had 2 surgerys each requiring about 2-4 months to heal. I just got my second surgery January 5th, so I have about 2-4 months of healing before I can get my implants. Also, eating and having to take out my teeth any time that I drink something colored is a pain. Along with having to take out my retainer in public places everytime people look at me funny.”
