Friday
May282010
IRON WORKER LAFE THOMPSON PRESERVES HIS VISION AND REGAINS HIS LIFE THANKS TO MIRACLE HOLCOMB C3-R®
Friday, May 28, 2010 at 8:39PM
Diagnosed with Keratoconus, a degenerative eye disease that weakens the cornea, Lafe Thompson reached a point where he was no longer able to perform every-day tasks due to his lack of vision. An iron worker by trade, he was eventually forced to leave his job and lost the means by which to support his family. Upon hearing Thompson's story, Steve Holcomb, a US Olympian afflicted by Keratoconus, and Dr. Boxer Wachler, the surgeon who developed the revolutionary C3-R procedure, decided to work together and cover the costs of Lafe's vision-restoring surgery.





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