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Horse's Head Butt Restores Blind Man's Vision --------
After being blind for 64 years, all this horse owner and
trainer needed was a swift smack to the face. Don karkos, 82,
lost his vision during combat in World War II when shrapnel
from an explosion left him blind. Doctors had tried to restore
his sight for years, and he was eventually told that nothing
could be done. It wasn't until 64 years later when the race-
horse, My Buddy Chimo took action, did he see results. "I was
putting a collar around his chest, and he whacked me real hard
with his head," said Mr Karkos. The horse's head butt hit him
in directly the same spot as the shrapnel. "Being kicked is
part of the job, but I've never been hit that hard. I was
pretty shaken up, kind of dazed." Later that night, Karkos
began to get the vision back in my right eye. Since the head-
butt he has been able to see about 15 ft, not perfect but
miraculous improvement. Dr Douglas Lozzaro, head of
ophthalmology at Long Island College Hospital, stated the
blow could have knocked a dislocated lens back into place.
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That's really very awesome.
Oddly though, I think I'll give the severe-blow-to-the-head therapy a miss just at the moment.
I'm not entirely sure what happened to him during World War II, but the blow to the head may have hit his oxipital lobe. I've only ever heard of one other story. This girl went blind from a childhood cancer, or something, and ten years later, she hit her head on the coffee table, woke up the following morning, and could see. Amazing! What does this have to do with guide ponies, anyway? lol