Head-butt by horse restores man's sight

[zengrifter]

Head-butt by horse restores man's sight

RACHEL WILLIAMS | The Scotsman

A SECOND World War veteran who was blinded in his right eye when he was hit by shrapnel can see again after being head-butted by a pedigree racehorse.

Doctors tried in vain for 64 years to restore Don Karkos's sight, until My Buddy Chimo stepped in.

Hours after the horse smacked the 82-year-old paddock security guard in exactly the same spot as the shrapnel gashed his forehead in combat in 1942, he realised his vision was returning.

...more - http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?...&id=1881392006

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Originally Posted by zengrifter

Head-butt by horse restores man's sight

RACHEL WILLIAMS | The Scotsman

A SECOND World War veteran who was blinded in his right eye when he was hit by shrapnel can see again after being head-butted by a pedigree racehorse.

Doctors tried in vain for 64 years to restore Don Karkos's sight, until My Buddy Chimo stepped in.

Hours after the horse smacked the 82-year-old paddock security guard in exactly the same spot as the shrapnel gashed his forehead in combat in 1942, he realised his vision was returning.

...more - http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?...&id=1881392006

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