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Blind seal gets chance at sight after rescue

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    4 month old seal recovering from cataract surgery

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As -- the case with many she -- rescues in San Diego this four month old harbor seal.

-- found in pretty bad shape when finished the commands you're a small underweights dehydrated had pneumonia the -- mammal was rescued back in June and self mission beach years she was so skinny so -- after mom greens here.

-- -- Soon after being rescued she will veterinarians noticed the CEO.

Was -- line.

We offer some fish try to security issues feeling around to field official -- that way.

The connection -- even that's -- fishes floating around -- -- The cubs she'll have a severe case of cataracts.

Sand and -- -- veterinarian doctor Hendrick Nolan had never seen before in a marine mammal.

Very unusual.

During her time at the -- animal care center at a young -- nicknamed iris was able to put on enough way to go and a surgery for cataracts.

Earlier this week so I was a little bit of swelling on her -- doctor Nolan says so far -- seems to be recovering well.

But it's still too soon to know just how much eyesight she'll be able to.

Me get back into the wild.

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