Blind man has sight restored ... with son's tooth!

This has to be the strangest news story I've ever read, hands down. The title alone sounds like it was torn from an issue of the National Enquirer. I actually read the story twice, just to make sure that I wasn't missing or confusing any information. But, no, nothing was missing and there was no confusion. It was just, plain amazing.

Alright, let me first set the stage....

A man from Ireland, Bob McNichol, lost his sight two years ago after an accidental explosion occurred at a recycling plant. The 57-year-old was told by doctors that there was nothing they could do to help, and that his blindness would be permanent.

But ...

Employing a technique that involves the use of a tooth (yes, you read that right, a tooth) to create an artificial cornea, doctors were able to restore Mr. McNichol's eyesight!! The miracle operation, called Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis , was just performed at the Sussex Eye Hospital in Brighton, England. The tooth used in Mr. Nichol's operation was donated by his son Robert.

"Now I have enough sight for me to get around and I can watch television. I have come out from complete darkness to be able to do simple things," McNichol said in a report released today.