For as long as she can remember, Briana Coria was desperate to have perfect vision.
Growing up nearsighted enough to need glasses with chunky lenses – her prescription was around -9.5 in both eyes – Briana was regularly bullied for the way they made her look.
'I just wanted to be normal as a child,' she explained. 'But I had these big, coke bottle glasses that kids would make fun of me for.'
So, as a special treat to herself at 25, the Chicago-based police officer decided to sign up for laser eye surgery after being accepted into an elite regiment that she had worked hard for.
Life was good. She and her husband, Riccardo, had just purchased their first home, they were thinking about children and her career felt on track.
