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80 of blindness is treatable or preventable. Dear Friends and Family Theres a saying that I loveA winnable battle should never be lost As many of you know when our daughter Violet was first born she was completely blind. She had total bilateral congenital cataracts which means that at birth her lenses which should have been crystal clear were completely blocked. Because we live in a fortunate time place and economic class she was able to be diagnosed at 10 weeks and had her first surgery a week later before too much irreversible damage had been done.