I ended up scratching my eye on a Saturday morning but thought i had something in my eye. When I woke up Sunday morning my eye was not feeling as it should, so I proceeded to find an eye doctor on a Sunday morning, not an easy task as most offices are closed, I ended up at a Lenscrafter's and after checking out my eye the doctor told me to get help immediately as this case was too urgent to wait. I was provided with a name and phone number of a specialist only to be told by the specialists answering service that they would not help me because I was not a current patient. Sounds awesome, huh? Urgent eye issue and no doctor to help on a Sunday morning. After doing an online search for emergency eye care, my wife contacted Dr. Shannon L. Steinhäuser and left her a voice mail. The doctor called my wife back and met us at her office on Sunday late afternoon/early evening and was able to determine my issue was not as serious as originally stated and proceeded to prescribe me a medicine and setup a follow up appointment for the next afternoon. When I arrived at the pharmacy they told me they did not carry the medicine and for me to come back tomorrow. I called back Dr. Shannon on the cell phone number she had given me and she told me that it was urgent that I get the medicine and that she would call around town and find me a pharmacy which stocked the necessary medicine. Dr. Shannon found a pharmacist willing to stay after closing hours for me to make it to the pharmacy and pickup my medicine. Fast forward two days and my eye felt great as if I never had any issue.
To find an eye doctor who cares enough to help you out on a Sunday is rare but to find one that spends her Sunday evening ensuring you get the necessary medicine and talks a pharmacist into staying after closing hours to wait for you is a blessing from above.
To Dr. Shannon L. Steinhäuser you are a rock star in your own right; thank you.