the operation helped ivonne,but she became blind. however, ivonne's parens wer very happy because ivonne wasn't sick anymore. she had a new ife because she was healthy again. when ivonne got older, she decided to try many exciting thing in her new life. so, when ionne was a teenager, she traveled alone to pais as an exchange student she left hr family and fench family .ivonne wanted to learn all about paris. "my french family and i learned a lot from each other. they taught them to read brale. it was a grea year!' says ivonne. when ivonne returned from paris,she did many other new thing, too. she learned to ski, dance, and play the piano.she alsodecided to mounain climbing. sheclimbd to the top of mt. kilimanjaro the highst mountain in arica. people pften get terrible headaches. but ivonne reached the peakafterfour days. she is always ready to try something new, what will she try next