My girlfriend of 2 years was just admitted to the ER a couple of days ago after seeing floaters and flashing lights in her vision and the doctors told her she’s been experiencing some retinal detachment in her right eye. She is going to get surgery tomorrow to get it fixed but won’t see anything but lights and shadows for about 2-6 weeks, but there’s a chance that she won’t get her vision back at all. Normally the success rates for these surgeries are pretty high. but she is already blind in one eye and her good eye already isn’t so good, which complicates things. She has been half blind as a result of retinopathy of prematurity. Unfortunately, I’m unable to visit her due to financial reasons and her family still doesn’t know about me yet (it’s a long distance thing). Right now we are trying to get as much time together as possible doing the things we normally love doing while she still has her vision. Her biggest fear is going blind, especially since she’s an artist and LOVES looking at artwork and creating art. How would she cope with the recovery process, or in the worst case scenario, going completely blind, and how can I help her get as comfortable as possible through this situation?

Update: she made a post about this explaining her thoughts and feelings about this

https://www.reddit.com/r/Vent/comments/chku69/i_might_lose_my_vision_and_i_cant_cope_with_it/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app