Seventy-six year-old Joyleen Sherwood, Wilton, Iowa, is a widow who is still very active and enjoying her retirement years. So, it came as a surprise that when she expected to renew her driver’s license, she failed the vision test. “I have to have my license in order to get anywhere, but they told me they couldn’t renew it until I passed the test,” she says.
A quick trip to her local doctor confirmed she needed cataract surgery in both eyes. “I noticed I had problems reading the newspaper at home, and things were getting a bit fuzzy, but now I had to actually do something about it.”
Last April, Joyleen checked into the Mississippi Valley Surgery Center (MVSC), Davenport, to undergo cataract surgery on her right eye (her left eye was treated a month later.) The surgeries were performed by fellowship trained cataract surgeon, Siv Brit Saetre, M.D., Davenport Eye Group. Dr. Saetre’s practice is also a member of the Mississippi Valley Health Network and aligned with the surgery center to provide cost-effective outpatient surgical care that also ensures patients recover at home.
“The surgery went really well, and I was home by lunchtime,” recalls Joyleen. “Dr. Saetre and the nursing staff were great. I see so much better now, and am grateful I have my license!”
