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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Meet Katie and Justin Thornton. A husband and wife, whose will to live independently despite being blind, drew to them to each other.
Justin has been blind all 31 years of his life, but Katie, who is now 35, lost her eyesight at the age of 22.
"I was born with a type of eye cancer called bilateral retinoblastoma,” Katie said. “Due to the radiation, it led to me forming cataracts on my eyes. I wasn't the best diabetic at the time and it ended up causing me to get a severe eye infection."
Last summer, Katie’s diabetes progressed to point where she needed dialysis to stay alive.
"When she got that phone call, she stopped me and said hey Justin, I think I’m gonna have to do dialysis,” Justin said.
Katie and her husband chose to take this fight on together at home.
"I came back with hey Katie, we're just gonna have to try this,” Justin said. “Here's what I found out and we're just gonna take it one day at a time and God's gonna guide us through it."
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