LASIK surgery

My daughter underwent LASIK surgery on Thursday evening; she's been wearing glasses since the age of 12 and she is now 22. Actually, most of the time she wears contact lenses rather than glasses; the former look better although require more maintenance.

She decided a few weeks ago to undergo the operation and began researching the market. There are several places which offer the operation in Jerusalem, which meant that her eyes were thoroughly examined twice (each clinic has to judge for itself whether the patient's problem is correctable) before she could get to the stage of comparing price quotations and suitability. As it happens, she chose a more expensive clinic, but as my wife would say, one doesn't skimp on health.

The chosen clinic was on the tenth (and top floor) of a building near the entrance to Jerusalem; the expansive windows allowed a panoramic view of the city at night. Even at 7pm, the clinic was full; it's more like a conveyor belt operation than personal attention, as each operation takes only a few minutes. But as there were many patients waiting, it took some time before my daughter's turn came, and we only left the clinic after 9pm, she wearing protective goggles over her eyes.

The next morning we had to return for a brief check-up; as we waited in the building's lobby for the lift, we saw people walking around with sunglasses (it was only 7:30 in the morning). I joked that it was like a scene from 'The Matrix' and that I was wearing sunglasses in order to identify with all the other patients (my eyes are sensitive to light so I wear sunglasses very often). The check-up was fine, and on the way back home, we were having competitions on who could see the better. 

The procedure was miraculous: in a few minutes, her sight problems were corrected and now it seems that she can see better than I can (my eye muscles are tired)!