Coastal Stars: Surgeons’ visionary mission restores eyesight to man born legally blind

Thoghi Louis (in polo shirt) had surgery on each eye thanks to Aker Kasten Eye Center in Boca Raton. From left are Ann Kasten, Alan Aker and their son Jonathan Aker. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

Born legally blind some 40 years ago and forced to see only close images through Coke-bottle thick glasses, Thoghi Louis always hoped that a God-inspired miracle would help him see an all-but-hidden world.

He likely never thought that the genesis of that miracle would come during a chance meeting with a shopper at the Boynton Beach Publix where he worked…

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