Oh boy. If'n this wasn't a great way to start my Friday… a message from my mom:

I had mentioned to Ponzi that I had been to a Retina special last week but really didn't elaborate on what was discovered. I have a dead spot in each eye so, like [grandma] I will probably eventually lose the sight in the center part of my eye. The dead spots will eventually reach into my retina causing the sight loss. The doctor said it could be five, ten or twenty years; nothing is certain. There is nothing known right now that will prevent or cure this. It is a “type” of macular degeneration but it is caused from my nearsightedness unlike macular degeneration that is caused by age. That type they are having progress with in terms of treatment. When you visit your eye doctors, you should tell them macular degeneration caused by nearsightedness is hereditary. And you should go to an eye doctor that will take pictures of your eye so they can watch for this. Maybe in the future they will find a preventative measure for it.

I don't know which is worse: knowing my mom will lose her sight, or knowing that the possibility is there for me to (eventually) lose mine.