Ashley Franklin of Wadena has a very rare eye condition known as PIC. Her clear blue eyes are what other people see. Franklin’s left eye is affected by the disease and limits her vision.
Dustin and Ashley Franklin with their cat Laya and dog Colonel.
A scan of Franklin’s left eye, showing a large scar on her retina.
Ashley Franklin of Wadena has a very rare eye condition known as PIC. Her clear blue eyes are what other people see. Franklin’s left eye is affected by the disease and limits her vision.
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by Trinity Gruenberg
“I was putting makeup on and closed my right eye to put on eye liner. There was a big gray spot in the middle of my vision and I couldn’t see through it,” said Ashley Franklin.
Franklin, 31, of Wadena removed her contacts for a few days thinking they were dirty. The condition still didn’t improve, so she went to the eye doctor.
“The doctor said I had bleeding in my eye and I needed to see a specialist,” She was sent to a specialist in St. Cloud.
There she was diagnosed with an extremely rare eye disease called Punctate Inner Choroidopathy, also know as PIC. She has been fighting it since 2009.
The eye’s immune system attacked itself and caused blood vessels to pop and scar on the retina of her left eye, which caused vision problems.
“I couldn’t see the big ‘E’ on the eye chart,” said Franklin.
Little is known about this disease. . .