I made it!

Yep, I did! In 1967 I graduated from what was then known as Sparks School of Nursing. I passed my license exam (on the first try!) and I was an R.N. My eyes may have slowed me down a bit, but I never saw them as a handicap. Here’s a photo from my nursing student days:

Sparks School of Nursing, around 1964

Of course the photo is too small to see what I look like. But I’m on the bottom right row of seven girls. I’m third from the left. You can see more photos of those days here:
http://www.carenurse.com/memories/photos.html

About Lois (admin)

I've lived with strabismus over half a century. Also called crossed eyes, lazy eye, turned eye, squint, double vision, wall eyes, floating, wandering, wayward, or drifting eyes, approximately 1 in every 25 to 50 people suffers from this condition. Strabismus not only affects vision. Many suffer social embarassment, lost job opportunities, and a host of other problems. Yet, living with eyes apart forces us to adapt, meet the challenge, and become stronger.
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