an optic nerve not so much a question of can we, when can we? reporter: and it was a good news/bad news sort of day. i do not want to mislead you or provide false hopes. reporter: yes there might be a cure but perhaps not for five, ten years or more, quite possibly too late for john sutton. okay. how soon depends on how much funding we can get, how many scientists we can put behind the problem to solve it. reporter: sutton told the doctors he would somehow help make it happen. he wrote checks. he joined the board of directors. john sutton. reporter: he offered himself as a voice of hope for desperate patients. reporter: even though it may never help him, as long as he lives. he is okay with that? there is a chance that that we may not be able to restore his vision. there is a chance on the other hand, we may. if he doesn t get behind it.
question of can we, when can we? reporter: and it was a good news/bad news sort of day. i do not want to mislead you or provide false hopes. reporter: yes there might be a cure but perhaps not for five, ten years or more, quite possibly too late for john sutton. okay. how soon depends on how much funding we can get, how many scientists we can put behind the problem to solve it. reporter: sutton told the doctors he would somehow help make it happen. he wrote checks. he joined the board of directors. john sutton. reporter: he offered himself as a voice of hope for desperate patients. reporter: even though it may never help him, as long as he lives. he is okay with that? there is a chance that that we may not be able to restore his vision. there is a chance on the other hand, we may. if he doesn t get behind it.
problem to solve it. so sutton told the doctors he would somehow help make it happen. he wrote checks, he joined the board of directors. john sutton. he offered himself as a voice of hope for desperate patients. even though it may never help him, as long as he lives, he s okay with that? there s a chance that we may not be able to restore his vision. there is a chance, on the other hand, that we may, but if he doesn t get behind it he does know that we re not going to move it as fast as we could. well, it s my pleasure to be here today. as you will hear, i almost didn t make it here today. sutton traveled the country speaking at fund-raisers, using what he calls his shock and awe presentation to tell his story complete with his 911 call and news footage. the body of susan sutton
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