Mia Belluche’s holiday season started off just as you’d expect for a 20-something beach bum from Oahu’s sleepy east shore—by setting off for a Thanksgiving weekend surf trip to Kauai.
But the holiday would soon take a dramatic turn for the worse. The day before Thanksgiving, a freak surfing accident sent Belluche to the hospital with a punctured right eye. Doctors were unable to repair the damage to her eye and ocular nerves, leaving no choice but to remove it completely.
One would think that after losing an eye while surfing, the last thing Belluche would want to … More
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