A woman who was been blind for more than 20 years has regained her sight – after falling over and hitting her head at her home in Florida.Mary Ann Franco, 70, gradually became blind after injuring her spine in a car accident in 1993.
Then, more than two decades later, another accident and a subsequent operation appears to have led to the recovery of her sight, although doctors are still trying to work out how exactly this could have happened.
“I was fully blind – all I could see was blackness,” she toldThe Independent.
“I was in my living room, going over to the door. My foot caught on a tile, and it flipped me. I hit my head in the back, and hit it on something else, maybe the fireplace,” she said.
After the fall, which took place in August 2015, Ms Franco was incapacitated and had to wear a neck brace until an operation a few weeks ago.
She was in hospital recovering from four hours of surgery on her neck when she came round from the anesthetic and realised her sight had returned.
However, in her confused state, she didn’t realise what had happened straight away.
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