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Category: The 50's
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By the time Chuck Bamata had reached two, his parents had noticed that he was cross-eyed in one eye. With no consideration for the expense, Chuck’s father and mother took him to a local Cleveland Ophthalmologist dozens of times, and had him in his first pair of glasses by age three.
Determined to correct the problem, Mr. B found out about a new surgical procedure that could correct the problem permanently. It would require a trip to Chicago to visit a specialist, who would then determine if the procedure would be suitable for Chuck’s condition.
In 1959, at age six, Chuck was admitted to Deaconess Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, to have a muscle shortened in one eye, in an attempt to correct the position of his pupil. He was anesthetized with ether on a handful of cotton, and it was the first time in his life he ever experienced life fading away in a spiraling world of wee-wee-wah-wahs.
