An Illinois woman was told she might go blind after boiling hot chocolate erupted in her face during a baking session gone awry.
“I was in such a dark place and I was going crazy for the few days I couldn’t see,” said D’Aprile. “I couldn’t picture the rest of my life like that.”D’Aprile said her eyes felt like they were on fire after getting splashed with molten chocolate.“The doctor opened them and I could barely see, but he slipped in ‘band-aids’ for my eyes,” said D’Aprile.
In order to make sure she could still function with her eyes swollen shut, the hospital enlisted a blind specialist to teach her how to walk around, use the bathroom and do other simple tasks she previously took for granted. On the third day of being effectively blind, D’Aprile underwent an eye exam by her doctor, who wanted to see if she could still see.
“I was in such a dark place and I was going crazy for the few days I couldn’t see,” lamented D’Aprile. “I couldn’t picture the rest of my life like that.”Thankfully, there was light at the end of the tunnel. After five days of darkness, D’Aprile woke up on Christmas day and pried upon her eyes, whereupon she discovered that she could finally see again — a development the doctor deemed miraculous.
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