Katharina Buczek
So, she ran out of the classroom, called her parents, and got picked up from campus. Then, over the next eight months, Sophie’s vision slowly degenerated until she was officially considered legally blind.
She has since been diagnosed with keratoconus, a condition in which the eye’s cornea thins and gradually bulges outward into a cone shape, according to the Mayo Clinic.
The exact cause of keratoconus remains unknown; however, genetic predisposition and environmental factors are thought to be proponents.
Moreover, how Sophie met the love of her life and fought back against keratoconus is an entirely different story.
She recently posted a now-viral TikTok describing how she met her husband, Christian, when she was still blind.
“NOW I CAN SEE JUST HOW HANDSOME HE IS,” Sophie wrote on the video.
It garnered over 3.1 million views and gained five hundred and ten thousand likes. Tons of commenters also begged to hear the entire story behind Sophie’s marriage– so she decided to share it online.
“When Christian and I met, I was still legally blind,” Sophie began.
In fact, she had just gone legally blind only a few months earlier. So, it was extremely difficult for Sophie to complete day-to-day tasks. But Sophie soon met Christian, and he came to the rescue.
“I feel like he made it his personal responsibility to make sure that I was okay. And we were just friends; we had just met! But I had never felt just such tender and selfless and wholesome care from someone,” she explained.
Christian would help Sophie with her schoolwork, take her to the cafeteria to ensure she always got food, and was even the reason Sophie was able to regain her vision.
