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Michael Owen on eye condition that’s left his son James clinically blind: ‘I go to bed every night praying for a cure’

Michael Owen has opened up about his heartbreak over the rare eye condition that has left his son clinically blind

Michael Owen has opened up about his heartbreak over the rare eye condition that has left his son clinically blind. The former footballer is a proud dad to four children that he shares with his wife Louise Bonsall: Gemma, James Michael, Emily May and Jessica. Michael added: “We live in an age with stem cells that we go to bed every night praying something will be there to cure him, but at the moment, it’s a condition that regresses over time.”

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