The Best Part of the Job – LaPrintence’s Motivation

The main reason that I do this job is that it gives me the ability to be a part of an organization that positively impacts the lives of families in countries all over the world. Eyesight is often taken for granted when it functions properly, but once it begins to wane every aspect of someone’s life can be impacted. To know that I’m a part of an organization that improves the quality of life for entire families is very rewarding.

The most important thing that I do in my workday is performing insitu-procedures. The corneas that are acquired during the procedure will be given to individuals that need a corneal transplant.

The best part of my job is being able to interact with the families of corneal donors and seeing how their decision to donate their family member’s corneas helped them find solace during a time of immeasurable pain and sadness.

 

Helping to Do The Final Great Deed of Her Mother – Sara’s Story

“My mother passed away when I was a child. She could only donate her eyes because of the cancer. I started doing this job out of the curiosity that grew out of that experience. At the time I didn’t understand what it meant to donate.

Her cancer began when she was only 25, and she passed away at the tender age of 38. She was a wife, a mother of two girls, and a wonderful nurse. I have long heard stories of the kind things she did for others throughout the years.

I was always so curious about who she helped last. In my own way, I guess I am helping do the last good deed my sweet mother fulfilled on this earth.

I love what I do. What I love even more is teaching people how to do recoveries precisely and in a sterile fashion. They can take that knowledge and have an impact on the world of corneal transplants.

We are all links in a chain that can work together to improve the gift of sight.”

-Sara Strickland

 

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