‘A Christmas miracle’: the Ukrainian who got his sight back after 36 years
by Shaun Walker in Poznan and Ada Petriczko from World news | The Guardian on (#6HBKS)
After Serhiy Sydorenko underwent corneal surgery in Poland last year, he saw his wife, children and a much-changed world
It was a week before Christmas last year when Serhiy Sydorenko underwent corneal surgery on his right eye, a complicated operation that, if successful, would put an end to more than three decades of blindness for the 56-year-old Ukrainian.
When the nurses first removed the bandages some hours after the operation, all he could see was light. Painfully bright light, as though someone was directing a beam right at his face. The nurses applied eyedrops and re-tied the bandages.
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