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‘Miracle’ recovery: Minnesota boy’s comeback after farm accident almost took his eye
It’s the time of the year when sweet corn stands begin to pop up across Minnesota. One stand in Renville County is extra special for one boy.Lucas Giese and his siblings know how to bring attention to their sweet corn stand. It’s the time of year when they set up shop on the highway, hoping to make some spending money. But customers or no customers, Lucas is just happy to be back here.A year ago, he was building a wagon on his farm when the unthinkable happened. He nearly lost his right eye in a farm accident last year. “There was a door on the back, and it had a screw in it, and it had a string on it. I pulled on the string, and the screw came out, and it went into my eye,” Lucas said.His father, Chris Giese, said, “He pulled it out himself. It basically went all the way through his eye.”Lucas’s dad says doctors performed an eight-hour emergency surgery, trying not just to save his eye, but to save his life.”Initially, if he would have gotten an infection, it could have potentially killed him,” Giese said.After surgery, recovery took months.For a while, it was several trips a week to Minnesota’s Twin Cities to see eye doctors.But over time, Lucas’s eyesight began to improve.”It just kind of progressed, and the good Lord was looking over us, and everything just kind of worked the way it’s supposed to,” Giese said.Doctors have told Lucas and his family that the vision in his right eye will eventually get worse, but he won’t lose his sight completely. And those problems are far down the road.”It’s fun, but it’s boring to sit all day,” Lucas said from his corn stand.Still, it’s nice to be back among the sweet corn and semitrucks. “The doctor, the last time we were down there, he basically called it a miracle,” his father said. “He said, ‘I don’t know how he can see the way he can with this.'” Lucas had 20-20 vision in his right eye before the accident. It’s at 20-25 now.
It’s the time of the year when sweet corn stands begin to pop up across Minnesota. One stand in Renville County is extra special for one boy.
Lucas Giese and his siblings know how to bring attention to their sweet corn stand. It’s the time of year when they set up shop on the highway, hoping to make some spending money.
But customers or no customers, Lucas is just happy to be back here.
A year ago, he was building a wagon on his farm when the unthinkable happened. He nearly lost his right eye in a farm accident last year.
“There was a door on the back, and it had a screw in it, and it had a string on it. I pulled on the string, and the screw came out, and it went into my eye,” Lucas said.
His father, Chris Giese, said, “He pulled it out himself. It basically went all the way through his eye.”
Lucas’s dad says doctors performed an eight-hour emergency surgery, trying not just to save his eye, but to save his life.
“Initially, if he would have gotten an infection, it could have potentially killed him,” Giese said.
After surgery, recovery took months.
For a while, it was several trips a week to Minnesota’s Twin Cities to see eye doctors.
But over time, Lucas’s eyesight began to improve.
“It just kind of progressed, and the good Lord was looking over us, and everything just kind of worked the way it’s supposed to,” Giese said.
Doctors have told Lucas and his family that the vision in his right eye will eventually get worse, but he won’t lose his sight completely. And those problems are far down the road.
“It’s fun, but it’s boring to sit all day,” Lucas said from his corn stand.
Still, it’s nice to be back among the sweet corn and semitrucks.
“The doctor, the last time we were down there, he basically called it a miracle,” his father said. “He said, ‘I don’t know how he can see the way he can with this.'”
Lucas had 20-20 vision in his right eye before the accident. It’s at 20-25 now.
