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[Guest Frank_Nabbit]

Woman kills herself so blind sons can see

 

Sun Mar 20,10:38 PM ET

 

 

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A woman committed suicide so her two blind sons could receive her eyes and see, a newspaper reported on Monday.

 

 

 

But doctors say the chances of success are bleak, The Indian Express reported.

 

 

Thirty-seven-year-old Tamizhselvi's sons, Kumaran, 17, and Kumar, 15, have been blind since birth.

 

 

Doctors in Chennai say Kumar's condition cannot be helped with a cornea transplant and also suspect his elder brother does not have a cornea defect.

 

 

"We had told the family earlier itself that a corneal transplant was not needed for the younger son," the Express quoted hospital official G. Seethalakshmi saying.

 

 

The family is insisting Tamizhselvi's corneas can only be used for her sons and no one else.

[Guest Vitamin X]

At least one of her sons will be able to have a pot-fueled odyssey to White Castle now.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Sad? More like stupid...

[Mearl267 0]

Wow. I mean, yeah, it sucks that your kids are blind...but all you did now was make your blind kids even more depressed. Excellent choice, mom.

[Dr. Tom 0]

Good job, leaving blind kids without a mother. What an idiot.

[bob_barron 0]

I laughed

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

Well her kids are 17 and 15, old enough to make the decision. I can understand why she'd do it, but if I was a blind teenager I wouldn't be selfish enough to tell my mother to sacrifice her life so that I can see.

[2GOLD 0]

Well her kids are 17 and 15, old enough to make the decision. I can understand why she'd do it, but if I was a blind teenager I wouldn't be selfish enough to tell my mother to sacrifice her life so that I can see.

 

Dammit, they had to see SPRING BREAK SHARK ATTACK!

[Ced 0]

After 15 years, don't you think those two would accept that they're blind?

 

And has anybody even heard of cornea transplant surgery before, let alone one that has been successful?

[Ted the Poster 0]

I've had cornea transplant surgery because I have kerataconus. It has a 95% success rate, which is because the corneas use no blood. Of course, that makes the recovery time much longer. My first surgery was in July last year, and I'm still not fully recovered. I'm getting the other eye done in July/August. It's one of the simplest surgeries there is, but the recovery time is one of the longest. The thing is, if these kids are blind because of the cones and rods of their eyes not functioning, then a cornea transplant is worthless.

[Ced 0]

The thing is, if these kids are blind because of the cones and rods of their eyes not functioning, then a cornea transplant is worthless.

If that's the case, then the two brothers had a mother with good intentions but shitty decision making skills.

[Guest Quik]

The moral of this story is that you should always plan out your zany ideas.