Jamie Carley was born with an eye-defect known as retinitis pigmentosa and more than two decades she had endured her limitation as a blind individual. The disease condition causes retina cells to slowly die but a new, bionic eye, the mother recently received the gift of a lifetime.
"I got to see my son for the first time in years," Carley, 51, told ABC News" It was pretty amazing … I got a little teary-eyed. It was just so emotional."
According to UC Health Eye Center: Carley received the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System bionic eye implant, a microchip which works with a pair of camera-implanted glasses to restore "small amounts" of vision.
Thanks to the implant, the days of darkness are way over for Carly and she expresses how amazed she was to see the 'outline of cars.'
According to People magazines: Perhaps the most amazing thing the 51-year-old has seen thus far is her son's silhouette. She lost her sight completely by the age of 26, when her now 29-year-old son would have been 3 years old.
She said it was an emotional moment for her son as well.
UC Health reports that Carley's brain will learn to interpret optical signals in the coming months, and her eyesight will steadily improve.
Now, Carley has set her sights on stargazing.
"I really miss the fireworks," Carley told ABC." And I want to see the moon."
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