Here’s to Dr. K at Marietta Eye. Lakshmana Kooragayala has tended Strong Language’s weak eyeballs for a few years now, and both orbs are happy with the care.
Are we being overdoctored? Our insurance company protects us from that. But today, after a follow-up appointment, we walked out with a laser-repaired retina. Had we waited, nothing might have happened. On the other hand . . .
Here’s the biscuit
Where’s the language angle? Why, John Milton. He lost his sight at 44 and wrote his famous poem soon afterward. We suffered a retinal detachment at 19, when we were immortal and incapable of poetry.
SL doesn’t do a big trade in personal items, preferring to stay focused on language. Even then, we don’t try much poetry. But when John Milton opens a door for us, we go in.
If not for Dr. K, our light might soon be spent.
