How He Lost His Sight
Wonder then confirmed that this was the cause of his blindness as a baby. He explained. “Right – I was premature. My doctor didn’t know what’s known now about the right amount of oxygen, so I was given too much, and an area of my eyes was destroyed.” So, what exactly happened?
How He Lost His Sight
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A Tragic Mistake
Wonder – or Stevland Hardaway Judkins, as he was known at the time – was born six weeks early in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1950. He was placed in an incubator as a baby for life support. Wonder, however, had lost his ability to see by the time he was seven weeks old. And, unfortunately, it was a case of doctors making a grave error.
A Tragic Mistake
