Worker fights limitations as he loses vision
SOUTH BEND, Ind.– Driving to his company's Granger office one day, Niel Makielski noticed the telephone poles along the road seemed to be warping as he passed them.
The chief of his company's small maintenance department and a "fix-it" guy all his life, Makielski finished up his work there and then drove to a doctor.
Two days later, a retina specialist delivered the grim news: A blood vessel in his right eye was breaking, causing the warping sensation, and his retina was cracking.
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