PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Delegate Richard Anderson is recovering from emergency eye surgery.
The Prince William County elected leader underwent the surgery shortly after Thanksgiving after, he suffered a detached retina in his right eye. A portion of the retina in his eye tore when the fluid that surrounds the retina, called vitreous (vi-tree-us), to pull away and rip the retina much like wallpaper can tear from a wall.