Imagine you are a corporate executive of a company, a financial advisor and
a licensed public accountant. Everyday you go to work at the area hospital
but then one day on your way to work you discover the road and the signs
are difficult to see. In the months to follow you become completely blind.
Most people would be depressed and or devastated. Where would you turn and
how would you overcome this situation to continue on with your life?
This is what happened to Lisa Fittipaldi in 1993. She realized
over time that she would suffer from permanent blindness. The disorder
that she has is called optical neuritis. Optical neuritis cuts off the
blood supply to the optical nerves. This eliminates the path for visual
information to reach the brain. This degenerative vascular disease has
already taken the lives of her mother and brother. During the time
period after the discovery of the disease the doctors attempted surgery
which recovered her sight at that time. But, within forty-eight hours
the blindness has returned and never subsided again after that time.
The blindness allows Lisa to see the world, “like a television set with
bad reception”. She is able to see different levels of light and
darkness. If there is too much light Fittipaldi would get a m ...