In my two years at Middlebury, I have been lucky enough not to have any serious medical issues. This means that I have never ventured farther than Parton Health Center or had more than a nasty cold while on campus. However, just a week before coming back to Midd, my stunning health record took a turn for the worse. Not two seconds after arriving home with a clean bill of health from my oral surgeon (I got my wisdom teeth out three weeks ago) my left eye started to feel pretty uncomfortable. It turns out, I had a cornea infection. After reading on WebMD and assuming I was either going to go blind or die, my mom rushed me to my eye doctor who probably sees these things everyday and thought I was being dramatic. She calmly put me on an hourly regiment of two different antibiotic drops and told me I would have to have a couple of follow-ups in Middlebury to make sure there wasn’t permanent damage (I again took this opportunity to nervously check the internet for what that “permanent damage” might entail).   

So, when I arrived in Middlebury on Sunday to join the squad in the admissions office I began searching for an ophthalmologist. As mentioned in the beginning, this was a new task for me but I put on a brave face and scheduled an appointment in town.  Now, two weeks after the beginning of this fiasco, I have been to the Middlebury ophthalmologist twice and am happily down to only six eye drops a day (I was originally on 24 so this is a big improvement)! I would say my first experience with health care in the greater Middlebury area has been a positive success!