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American journalists told the world the story of their compatriot who is nineteen years ago due genetic disease has lost sight, and over the past three years restored it, bringing doctors to a state of shock.
Now New Yorker Kevin Coughlin is fifty-five. In 1997, he Blinded by Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy – Atrophy optic nerve, leading to an almost complete loss of central view. The man says that all this time he saw only thick impenetrable fog, however in 2013 he suddenly began distinguish light from darkness, and then recognize the silhouettes of others his people.
Seventy percent of the vision has now returned to the American, and, according to him, every month he sees better and better. Coughlin was finally able to see his guide dog Elias and see how his favorite city has changed over the years.
The recovery after Leber’s optical neuropathy is incredible rare, especially after so many years of blindness when the optic nerve in theory should atrophy completely. Therefore there is nothing it’s surprising that doctors consider the incident a real miracle. They are still examining their unusual patient, but now a New Yorker himself goes to the doctors, but they do not visit him at home. “It’s amazing how little we value what God gives us, and how much we begin to appreciate it when we lose, “said Kevin to reporters.
According to Kaflin, he achieved vision recovery constant meditations, prayers and a constant healthy diet. In addition, he never lost confidence that he would recover in the future, from the very beginning he believed and nurtured this faith, because he considered his condition to be nothing more than temporary inconvenience. And a miracle happened …
