On Little House on the Prairie, how did Mary Ingles go blind?

Question

I forget the reason on what happend to Mary to make her blind, my dad asked me and I thought I knew, and I don't.

Answer 1

At the age of fourteen, Mary suffered an illness (variously described as scarlet fever, "a severe case of the measles", and as a stroke in her sister's unpublished memoir, Pioneer Girl)

Answer 2

The reason why Mary went blind had to do when she was a little girl. She had Scarlett fever. The fever that she had as Little girl did damage to the tissues in her eyes. Charles took Mary to sleepy eye to have her eye's examine. The Dr asked Charles if Mary had any disease that could of damage the nerve tissue in her eyes. Charles told the Dr that Mary had Scarlett fever as a child. That was how Mary went blind. I hope this has answered your question truthfully

Answer 3

I think she had scarlet fever and went blind but you should be able to google it for a fun research project.

Answer 4

Scarlet Fever. Her entire family became very sick from it but she was the only one who had lasting effects.

Answer 5

She came down with Scarlett Fever when she was young and did damage and when she grew older she needed glasses and then lost her sight

Answer 6

I believe it was a case of Scarlet Fever!!

Answer 7

She had Scarlett Fever. Left untreated it can lead to many serious side effects.

Answer 8

She lost her eye sight to scarlet fever.

Answer 9

I thought it was just Mary...

Answer 10

she had scarlet fever