Blind woman in Britain recovers sight after heart attack

[FreedomAngel82]

I thought this story was amazing and beautiful at the same time so I had to share.

Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060120/wl_uk_afp/britainhealthoffbeat_060120053808

Snip: <LONDON (AFP) - A 74-year-old woman who had been blind for 25 years awoke in a British hospital after suffering a heart attack and could see again, telling her husband: "You've got older," a newspaper reported.
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Doctors were at a loss to explain how Joyce Urch, who lived in a world of shadows and near darkness since 1979, had recovered her sight after the heart attack 16 months ago, the Daily Telegraph reported.

Urch, who was treated at Walgrave Hospital in Coventry, where doctors spent three days battling to save her life, called it a "miracle," the newspaper said.

The newspaper showed the white-haired Urch, bright eyed and beaming, in the arms of her husband Eric after celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary last weekend. >

More at the link....

[bluestateguy]

1. The heart attack must of shocked her brain circuits just the right way

At least that's my quack non-medical opinion.

[FreedomAngel82]

2. Only thing I could think of too

:shrug:

[awoke_in_2003]

4. Maybe they should shoot video of her

so Senator Catkiller can make an expert diagnosis :)

[pitohui]

3. i guess i don't believe it

in my area of expertise, birding, british press including bbc and the guardian constantly publishes "fun" made-up stories

a shame it has extended to health issues but i guess since they have nat'l health they don't know what it's like for outsiders who read their crap and don't get the joke

british humor is very dry

but for we high functioning autistic folk we basically can't believe the british press because we have no way to tell what they print that is humor and what they think really happened and where is some evidence for it really happened

[Orangepeel]

5. I understand dry humo(u)r and I don't think it is a joke

:shrug:

It could be a hoax or just plain bullshit, but I don't think it is a joke.

Maybe she had a clot and the heart attack broke it up? :shrug:

[Dhampir Kampf]

6. If it was a joke...

..It sure spread through the world quick enough. I'm sure if this gets real big, people'll be pissed.