Because Dr. Reinders is a personal friend, it is easy to express my appreciation of his work and might be considered overly gratuitous to review him in such a complimentary fashion, but in this case, which involves Angle Closure Glaucoma, I must be candid and truthful. His office truly deserves my sincere praise and admiration.
As my friend and personal optometrist, Steve was aware of my struggling eye sight and occasional eye pain. Over a period of a couple weeks he had me dutifully stop in to his Prior Lake office for eye pressure checks and tests as he closely observed my vision changes and condition.
One afternoon while near his local office, with moderate pain in one eye, and in spite of my hesitation to again bother him, I walked into his office very late in the afternoon, unannounced, explaining the eye pain to Ashley and Jennifer. Because Steve was at the Elko New Market office, Dr. Sarah Board and Jennifer quickly ran tests on me and determined that urgent action was needed as my eye pressure was far exceeding a normal range.
After contacting Steve, he immediately drove to the Prior Lake office and in doing so called his ophthalmologist colleagues in hopes of getting an urgently-needed appointment for me. Because it was after 5 p.m. Dr. Reinders then made immediate arrangements with the emergency room at U of M Hospitals for urgent admittance. Steve not only personally drove me to the hospital but he stayed at my bedside in ER and then in my room from approximately 6 p.m. until 12:15 in the morning as I struggled with severe pain.
After departing, Dr. Reinders was successful in arranging for me to have immediate eye surgery at 8 a.m. the next morning to alleviate the severe pain and damage resulting from the very unusual condition of Angle Closure Glaucoma. His efforts resulted in the excellent procedures he and his colleagues performed over a three week period to address this serious condition and ensure the long term quality of my vision.
My pal. Of course.
And there are great eye doctors in our community but Dr. Steve Reinders has demonstrated that he goes beyond the call of duty for his patients. I’m proof.
Ray J Joachim
Prior Lake
