[Nfbf-l] FW: Born early, sight suffers from the St. Pete Times 1/22/10
Jody W. Ianuzzi
jody at thewhitehats.com
Sun Jan 24 00:39:27 UTC 2010
Hello Sherill,
I agree with you completely. I think ROP is caused by just being born too
early for the retinas to develop properly. They are one of the last parts
of the body to develop between 31 and 38 weeks and being born prematurely
IS the cause.
I was born in 1953 and I have ROP. when the connection to oxygen was made
they stopped giving oxygen to premature babies and ROP decreased
dramatically. What they don't say is that infant mortality and brain damage
soared.
All things considered, I am glad this happened after I was born and not
before or I might not be here.
JODY
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