Bump on the head gives New Zealand woman her sight back

November 25, 2000
Web posted at: 7:48 AM HKT (2348 GMT)

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (Reuters) -- A collision with a coffee table has restored the sight of a New Zealand woman a decade after she was declared permanently blind.

Lisa Reid, 24, lost her sight 10 years ago after developing a brain tumor, the New Zealand Herald reported on Saturday.

But earlier this month, Reid knocked her head while bending down to kiss her guide dog Ami good night. When she woke the following morning, she could see.

Doctors could offer no explanation for the recovery but said Reid had regained 80 percent sight in her left eye.

Unsure if her sight would last, Reid waited a few hours before telephoning her mother and reading aloud the health warning on a packet of cigarettes to her to prove she could see again.

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