A well-known Detroit, Michigan meteorologist and mother-of-two has taken her own life a month after telling fans she was struggling to recover from laser eye surgery that she got so she could finally stop wearing her contact lenses.
Jessica Starr, 35, worked for WJBK Fox 2 since 2011. On Thursday morning, her colleagues cried as they announced her death on the air.
According to The Daily Mail, Starr, whose married name was Rose, had two young children. She leaves them behind along with her husband of eight years, Daniel.
In a statement issued on its website and read aloud by her colleagues on Thursday morning, Fox 2 said: 'Last night we were informed of the heartbreaking news that our friend and colleague, meteorologist Jessica Starr took her life.
Over the last month, Starr said she had been facing 'challenging times' since undergoing Lasik SMILE eye surgery. The procedure was approved by the FDA in 2016 and is carried out by doctors across the country It involves the surgeon using a femtosecond laser to create a small piece of tissue within the cornea then, using the same laser, they make an arc-shaped incision on the cornea's surface to extract the tissue through and discard it. It changes the shape of the cornea and corrects nearsightedness. Ordinarily, patients' incision heals within a few days, without stitches, and their vision is quickly improved.
She had the surgery in October and took four weeks off then returned to work for one day in November but it was too much of a struggle for her and she was back at home the next day.
In a video uploaded to her Facebook page on November 13, the day she went back to work, she was downcast as she asked viewers for their prayers and well wishes.
'I am struggling a little bit so I need all the prayers and well wishes. This is a hard go.
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