[Nfbf-l] FW: Born early, sight suffers from the St. Pete Times 1/22/10

[Sherri]

Hi Jody, Sherrill and all,

I totally agree with you. I am so glad I was born before they decreased the 
amount of oxygen given. I'm so fortunate. Mostly everything else works 
fine--just the eyes. And you are right! No one ever talks about that, how 
the incidents of brain damage and other problems sky-rocketed after the 
amount of oxygen decreased.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jody W. Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] FW: Born early,sight suffers from the St. Pete Times 
1/22/10


> 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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