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“There’s a world in front of me I can’t predict or envision because I haven’t been there yet. I haven’t lived this yet. I haven’t lived blind,” he says. “All I ask is to stay in the Army and finish out my years \u2026 I want to feel productive.”<\/p>\n

The only good news for now is when he sleeps, Castro says.<\/p>\n

“I’ve had dreams where I know I’m blind and, guess what? I’ve regained my vision,” he says. Reality floods back each morning.<\/p>\n

“There’s not a night that I don’t pray and ask God, when I wake up, that I wake up seeing.”<\/p>\n

–newly blinded veteran 1st Lt. Ivan Castro<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

First Lt. Castro is a member of a whole new generation of veterans<\/a> that is, unfortunately, learning a new meaning of the phrase “night vision.”<\/p>\n

Still, as I’ve pointed out before<\/a>, even in the middle of the night, dawn occasionally breaks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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