BLIND REGGIE'S MIRACLE - ‘I CAN SEE AGAIN!'

For 16 years Big Brother winner Reggie has been losing her sight – until now

- Lizzie Wilson

Just one year after winning Big Brother – and the hearts of Australia – in 2003, Reggie Sorensen found out she had degenerative eye condition and was slowly but surely going blind. But a pioneering new technique has helped significantly improve her sight and, more importantly, given her hope there may be light after ever-increasing, soul-destroying darkness.

“When my eye specialist said there’s a small chance he can restore part of my sight, I couldn’t believe it,” brave Reggie, 46, tells Woman’s Day from her Gold Coast home. “I raced home to tell the kids and we hugged each other so tight – it’s a moment I’ll treasure forever!”

Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa in 2004, Reggie has lived with the terrifying reality that one day she will lose her sight completely – while raising Mia, 13, and Lucas, 10, as a single mum with a limited income.