Our mesmerizing blue eye post has been getting a lot of attention on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/WestGeorgiaEyeCareCenter/ Trusted Words… We appreciate all of your “LIKES”! Posts like this one are created to share relevant and accurate information with our patients. Just like ‘It matters who you see’ for your eye care, it also matters that you can… Read More
July 4th is only a few days away and West Georgia Eye Care Center wishes you the happiest and safest of Independence Days! How are planning on celebrating? If your plans include fireworks, make certain the plans are to enjoy a professional display and stay away from consumer fireworks (the off-the-shelf buy them yourself type). There… Read More
At our clinics, our patients are why we do what we do, including our blog. That sounds like a marketing phrase but it is true. It is fitting that our patients are not only the targeted recipients of our blogs, but they are also the primary inspiration for it. We always have stories for and… Read More
West Georgia Eye Care Center is excited to be the first in our region to offer Corneal Cross-Linking (KXL)! We have been the first in the region with multiple technologies, including multifocal premium lens implants, iFS and iLASIK technology, and elective Clear Lens Exchange among others, but being first is not the goal unto itself!… Read More
“What is a visually impaired camper able to do?……Anything!” ~ Dr. Jeanine Fittipaldi-Wert, PhD Columbus State University recently hosted a very special camp for some amazing young people at the 6th annual Camp Abilities! We all know that summer and camp just go together, but youth who are visually impaired face unique challenges in… Read More
Congress has named Waterloo, New York as the “birthplace of Memorial Day” (House Resolution 587 ). It was there, on May 5th 1866, that the Waterloo community began an annual service to commemorate fallen soldiers. It is estimated that 620,000 soldiers across the United States gave their lives in the Civil War conflict. Every community… Read More
Last week was National Police Week! Coincidentally, we had a very nice patient visit the office to inquire about LASIK who happens to be an officer for the Columbus Police Department. He shared some stories of situations where his glasses were a barrier to performing his best on the job. At West Georgia Eye Care… Read More
A weather front filled with electrical storms and tornadoes wreaked havoc across the southeastern states the first week of last month. Columbus was not spared and many residents had damage to trees and property. One of those trees was especially dear to Margie Tanner. If you have been a patient at our Main Office on… Read More
You really can hear the story behind these pictures by just looking at this 13 year old patient’s precious face after surgery! Her before and after eye photos speak loudly. See her diseased and opaque cornea that offered her only a life of blindness and view all of the potential her new clear cornea offers… Read More
Spring has arrived in West Georgia! The signs are everywhere from blooming flowers and budding trees to the return of hummingbirds! We are blessed in this area to be the spring and summer home for some species of these jewel-like, colorful creatures! If you want to invite them to your home, offer them homemade nectar… Read More