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I was watching the news last night and a young woman was being interviewed with her young infant. She had discovered by herself early on that her child's eyes were not following her..nor did the baby seem to be advancing the same way other babies were. It was later medically discovered that the boy was blind and also suffering from mental retardation. The reason the young baby developed these problems was not attributed to anything genetic or chromosonal. It was determined that the baby had taxmoplasmosis. The mother was perplexed as she was aware of the correlation between cats and this bacterial infectious disease..but she did not own a cat. There are other ways to contract this..through meat that has not been cooked thoroughly...and also coming into contact with animals who have been fed raw meat or even the handling of raw meat. I believe there are medications that can be taken if you contract taxmoplasmisis..but often woman are unaware that they have it. If you do contract it you will have to be monitored very closely throughout your pregnancy. This is particularily scary to me as I only thought you could get it if you changed a cat litter box. So ladies just be forwarned and very careful in the handling and eating of under cooked meats. Taxmoplasmosis seems to effect neurological development and can cause severe retardation. The lady on television just wanted to warn other woman of the possibilties of coming into contact and to wash hands thoroughly and to be careful when handling raw meats. It only takes coming into contact once..and it can cause unwanted consequences. Trust me this was an eye opener for me. XO Kristin