Is Stevie Wonder really blind?
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black dog
Free America
He was born 6 weeks early. And has Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
An ROP epidemic occurred in the 1940s and early 1950s when hospital nurseries began using excessively high levels of oxygen in incubators to save the lives of premature infants. During this time, ROP was the leading cause of blindness in children in the US. In 1954, scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health determined that the relatively high levels of oxygen routinely given to premature infants at that time were an important risk factor, and that reducing the level of oxygen given to premature babies reduced the incidence of ROP. With newer technology and methods to monitor the oxygen levels of infants, oxygen use as a risk factor has diminished in importance
An ROP epidemic occurred in the 1940s and early 1950s when hospital nurseries began using excessively high levels of oxygen in incubators to save the lives of premature infants. During this time, ROP was the leading cause of blindness in children in the US. In 1954, scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health determined that the relatively high levels of oxygen routinely given to premature infants at that time were an important risk factor, and that reducing the level of oxygen given to premature babies reduced the incidence of ROP. With newer technology and methods to monitor the oxygen levels of infants, oxygen use as a risk factor has diminished in importance
mamatutu
mama to two
Now I know you are truly bored, Hankey. It is obvious that Stevie was blind over the years due to his mannerisms. Why is this important in the scheme of things? Stevie was a great artist and I don't think he would live a lie. So many musical artists have tarnished the industry since with murder, stupid rhetoric, etc. I will say that I wanted to marry Paul McCartney since the age of ten! 
Is this all you got considering what else is going on in the world? :shrug:
Is this all you got considering what else is going on in the world? :shrug:
Hank
my war
Now I know you are truly bored, Hankey. It is obvious that Stevie was blind over the years due to his mannerisms. Why is this important in the scheme of things? Stevie was a great artist and I don't think he would live a lie. So many musical artists have tarnished the industry since with murder, stupid rhetoric, etc. I will say that I wanted to marry Paul McCartney since the age of ten!
Is this all you got considering what else is going on in the world? :shrug:
mitzi
Well-Known Member
Now I know you are truly bored, Hankey. It is obvious that Stevie was blind over the years due to his mannerisms. Why is this important in the scheme of things? Stevie was a great artist and I don't think he would live a lie. So many musical artists have tarnished the industry since with murder, stupid rhetoric, etc. I will say that I wanted to marry Paul McCartney since the age of ten!
Is this all you got considering what else is going on in the world? :shrug:
I've wanted to marry Paul since I was 8
Ditto that ^^