Jonathan Nwokpor
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A Nigerian newlywed has talked about how she became blind 36 hours before her wedding.
After a pharmacy gave her the incorrect eye drop and instructed her to apply it at night, she tragically lost her sight.
The bride, who went by @explorraa on the TikTok app, claimed to have woken up the following day with her pupils dilated and blind.
She was hurried back to the pharmacist who had given her the eye drop when she started to cry because of the light beams.
However, they saw another on-duty pharmacist who was shocked by the specific eye drop that was administered to her.
The pharmacist claimed that the eye drop was excessive and that only an ophthalmologist would intentionally dilate the pupils before examining the health of the optive nerve and retina.
Given how delicate her circumstances were, she was scheduled for an urgent consultation with an optometrist, who regrettably informed her that there was not enough time between the tragic event and her wedding for her to fully regain her vision.
She was forced to be married in spite of her condition while continuing to receive treatment to restore her vision.
She narrated: “How I lost my sight 24 hours to my wedding and got married partially blind. 36 hours before my wedding, I went to the pharmacy to get eye drops because my eyes were a bit red from preparation stress.
“I explained why I needed the eye drop and the pharmacist prescribed an eye drop to me I was instructed to use it at night before bedtime which I did.
“I woke up the next day blind. Like I couldn’t see. My pupils were diluted. My eyes started tearing as the light ray was too much for my eyes to comprehend.
“My vision was totally blur. I could only see very blur shapes but nothing more. I was completely blind only 24 hours to my wedding.
“I was taken back to the pharmacy where I bought the eye drop and the pharmacist that prescribed the eye drop to me was not on shift.
“Because of the intensity of the situation, she was called to come to the pharmacy asap. The other pharmacist couldn’t understand why I was given such eye drop.
“The eye drop was mostly used for eye surgery or by an ophthalmologist to purposely dilate the pupils to fully examine the health of the optive nerve and the retina.
“To think I was given such extreme eye drop was out of everyone’s understanding. When the pharmacist came she was scared. Seeing how seriously sensitive the situation was, they booked me for an immediate optometrist appointment.
“When we got to the optometrist, as soon as he examined my eyes he told me it would take a while for me to regain my sight fully and there’s no way I would get my sight restored in 24 hours so I might have to go on with my wedding in that condition. I cried so much. The devil tried but he failed.”
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