Dan Crenshaw has been wearing an eye patch because he feels uncomfortable about his glass eye which draws a lot of attention. He saw dark, fuzzy patches in his eyesight two months ago and hurried in for emergency surgery.
Anyone, but especially Crenshaw, who had gone through it before, would be terrified of going into surgery to save his vision.
Doctors discovered that Crenshaw’s retina was damaged, which was always a concern for him when he awoke in the dark from a medically induced coma following the 2012 bomb.
While he suddenly restored vision in his left eye, scar tissue began to tear the retina away from the back, he added.
Doctors removed part of the scar tissue and reattached his retina before injecting a gas bubble into his eye to keep it in place. After that, he had to lie face down for a week to allow his body to recuperate.
When the House reconvenes next week, the congressman intends to be back in Washington. He’s been grounded in Texas for the previous two months.
Even if he had attempted to drive rather than fly, he added, the height concerns would have made it nearly impossible.
