👁️ Lisa Reid, a New Zealand woman who lost her sight at age 11 due to a tumor pressing on her optic nerve, experienced a miraculous recovery after a freak accident. At age 24, while leaning down to kiss her guide dog goodnight, she accidentally struck her head on a coffee table. Though she went to bed as usual following the bump, she woke up the next morning to find her vision had completely returned. While medical professionals have been unable to fully explain the phenomenon, the impact likely shifted the position of the tumor or relieved the pressure on her optic nerve, restoring her ability to see after thirteen years of total blindness.⁠ ⁠ The restoration of her sight brought both wonder and a series of emotional shocks as she adjusted to a world that had aged significantly in her absence. She described the experience as a "gift," noting the surreal moment of seeing her brother as a grown man with a goatee and her mother looking "the same but older." Now 38 and a mother herself, ...