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little_detailsI'd like to write a story in which a character suffers an injury that temporarily blinds them, and I'm wondering what plausible scenarios might work?
- Setting is the modern world but shortly after an apocalypse-type event that means cities are abandoned and there aren't many people about, so no access to modern medical care.
- Character might suffer this injury in the course of scavenging for supplies in a big city
- The injury will initially blind them, and then they'll have to keep their eyes bandaged for some time - at least several weeks - while they heal. Another character will be helping them during this period.
- There will be some doubt as to whether they will regain their sight, but in the end they will recover completely
Is there a scenario that accomplishes this? My first thought was something along the lines of Character getting hit in the face by a bottle of some caustic chemical (bleach, drain cleaner?) that goes in their eyes, but maybe that's too extreme for what I want. Would a head injury work?
- Setting is the modern world but shortly after an apocalypse-type event that means cities are abandoned and there aren't many people about, so no access to modern medical care.
- Character might suffer this injury in the course of scavenging for supplies in a big city
- The injury will initially blind them, and then they'll have to keep their eyes bandaged for some time - at least several weeks - while they heal. Another character will be helping them during this period.
- There will be some doubt as to whether they will regain their sight, but in the end they will recover completely
Is there a scenario that accomplishes this? My first thought was something along the lines of Character getting hit in the face by a bottle of some caustic chemical (bleach, drain cleaner?) that goes in their eyes, but maybe that's too extreme for what I want. Would a head injury work?
