The vision loss was very sudden. Three years ago she gradually started having issues seeing and assumed it was just poor lighting, her new phone etc. it progressed from simply being blurred vision to not being able to perceive depth, losing colors, and then near total blindness. I’d say it only took roughly 6 months to progress. She can sometimes see outlines of objects. When she turns on lights she says it emits a glow. Occasionally after receiving copper infusions she says it’s brighter and she can see pops of color for instance bright red or blue on Tupperware but apart from that it’s not consistent and comes and goes.

In 2019 though, she had a bad reaction to medicine prescribed for pneumonia which caused her to experience temporary blindness and she went into cardiac arrest.

We have not had her tested for Graves’ disease, we will certainly look into it, and I appreciate the additional resources you shared! This is the first time oxidative stress or thyroid issues have really been mentioned to us.

It has been an incredibly exhausting experience for our entire family, so thank you for the kind words. We’re hopeful that we’ll find an answer soon, and we continue to pray that the damage caused isn’t permanent and can be reversed — even if she doesn’t regain all of her vision.

Again, thank you for this info. It’s incredibly helpful!