{"id":446978,"date":"2021-04-23T19:05:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T23:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=446978"},"modified":"2021-04-23T19:05:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T23:05:49","slug":"crenshaw-hopeful-vision-in-eye-will-return-cautions-hes-not-out-of-the-woods-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-hopeful-vision-in-eye-will-return-cautions-hes-not-out-of-the-woods-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Crenshaw \u2018Hopeful\u2019 Vision In Eye Will Return, Cautions He\u2019s Not \u2018Out Of The Woods Yet\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcrenshaw-hopeful-vision-in-eye-will-return-cautions-hes-not-out-of-the-woods-yet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=446978&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3533.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) offered a cautiously optimistic health update following his emergency eye surgery two weeks ago, announcing late Friday that the retina in what he\u2019s called his \u201chalf\u201d good eye \u2014 the eye he uses to see \u2014 remains attached as of his first follow-up appointment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLast week, I had my first follow-up visit with my surgeon, which went very well. To our relief, my retina was still in place during my follow-up appointment. I can lift my head up again, and no longer have to position myself face-down, which is a relief,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is obviously good news, but it doesn\u2019t mean we are out of the woods yet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI still cannot see much other than lights and shadows, basically, as I am still in the early stages of my recovery. I am not sure how my vision will be in a few weeks, but I am hopeful and confident that it will return to normal,\u201d added Crenshaw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Crenshaw, who was told in mid-April that his retina was detaching, said Friday evening that his doctors, during his emergency surgery earlier this month, placed a \u201csilicon buckle\u201d on his retina and \u201cused a laser to \u2018glue\u2019 around the edges\u201d of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen they did that, they needed to keep my retina in place, which is why they injected a gas bubble into my eye to act as a bandage for my retina and prevent further detaching. That is why I cannot see anything right now and won\u2019t be able to see for the next few weeks until the gas bubble dissipates,\u201d the congressman explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTara and I are doing well, thanks to the generous prayers and support for which we are so very grateful. We\u2019ve been through harder times before and we are going to get through this. Thank you and God bless,\u201d he concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"3.6756756756757\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lmgUfqJEnq\">pic.twitter.com\/lmgUfqJEnq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/1385710967284064257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The Texas Republican congressman said two weeks ago he started seeing \u201cdark, blurry spots,\u201d and when he visited an ophthalmologist only days later, he was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dan-crenshaw-receives-terrifying-prognosis-over-problem-with-his-eye-will-miss-time-in-congress\"><span>told his retina was detaching<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThis is a terrifying prognosis for someone with one eye, and the nature of the injuries that I sustained in Afghanistan,\u201d said Crenshaw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnyone who knows the history of my injuries knows that I don\u2019t have a \u2018good eye,\u2019 but half a good eye. The blast from 2012 caused a cataract, excessive tissue damage, and extensive damage to my retina. It was always a possibility that the effects of the damage to my retina would resurface, and it appears that is exactly what has happened,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) offered a cautiously optimistic health update following his emergency eye surgery two weeks ago, announcing late Friday that the retina in what he\u2019s called his \u201chalf\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276604,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3533.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Crenshaw \u2018Hopeful\u2019 Vision In Eye Will Return, Cautions He\u2019s Not \u2018Out Of The Woods Yet\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3533.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Crenshaw \u2018Hopeful\u2019 Vision In Eye Will Return, Cautions He\u2019s Not \u2018Out Of The Woods Yet\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}