Mission to India postponed - Retina Detachment - 2nd Surgery - Gas Bubble - Fun Visitors!
As we traveled up north Friday morning to drop off yet another load to the Alpine basement and to go to my Monday morning doctor appt, my eye started acting just a little weird. I can only describe it as feeling like the white part of an eyelash curler was settling in the bottom of my left eye (same eye as the first surgery). By Tuesday night the air-bubble had finally dissolved (after it had shrunk down to the size of a pencil eraser that morning) but there was still a "haze" over my eye and little dots everywhere (blood from the tear) but I at least could read my text messages without putting on my reading glasses! ~ Great Progress!!
Lots of unloading at Alpine and my eye kept acting a little weird but we kept moving forward. Sunday we had been asked to speak in Sacrament Meeting ('Farewell' talk for our Mission) and my eye got to the point of a blob crossing over into my vision so I had to continually put my reading glasses on then off again. Quite annoying! The next day we went to my 3 week followup from the tears in my Retina only to find out that my retina had detached. We scheduled surgery for the next day, Tuesday, April 25th (2017) 👀!!! The surgery went well and Dr. Faber put in a gas bubble so I again had to keep my head down for the week and sleep on my right side.
Robbie, Kelli, Linc and London came for a visit and swim - I think Linc thinks Nana and Papa live in hotels all the time, but with a hot tub and pool I think he thinks it's pretty sweet!
Mary Phelps came for a visit and brought some delicious 'no-bake' healthy chocolate cookies. It was so fun catching up and visiting with her - you can't tell now but when we lived in Thailand everyone mistook us for each other - I loved it as Mary is beautiful inside and out!!!
The Schulthess' also stopped by with a tray of fresh fruit - soooooo delicious! Good company, sweet food and fantastic friends! Couldn't ask for more! We stayed in the hotel for about 15 days then stayed at Blaine's home. He so graciously offered it to us and we were so grateful to him! He lives with Paula and Dan but keeps the home available for family (and us 😉)!
As we traveled up north Friday morning to drop off yet another load to the Alpine basement and to go to my Monday morning doctor appt, my eye started acting just a little weird. I can only describe it as feeling like the white part of an eyelash curler was settling in the bottom of my left eye (same eye as the first surgery). By Tuesday night the air-bubble had finally dissolved (after it had shrunk down to the size of a pencil eraser that morning) but there was still a "haze" over my eye and little dots everywhere (blood from the tear) but I at least could read my text messages without putting on my reading glasses! ~ Great Progress!!
Lots of unloading at Alpine and my eye kept acting a little weird but we kept moving forward. Sunday we had been asked to speak in Sacrament Meeting ('Farewell' talk for our Mission) and my eye got to the point of a blob crossing over into my vision so I had to continually put my reading glasses on then off again. Quite annoying! The next day we went to my 3 week followup from the tears in my Retina only to find out that my retina had detached. We scheduled surgery for the next day, Tuesday, April 25th (2017) 👀!!! The surgery went well and Dr. Faber put in a gas bubble so I again had to keep my head down for the week and sleep on my right side.
Robbie, Kelli, Linc and London came for a visit and swim - I think Linc thinks Nana and Papa live in hotels all the time, but with a hot tub and pool I think he thinks it's pretty sweet!
Mary Phelps came for a visit and brought some delicious 'no-bake' healthy chocolate cookies. It was so fun catching up and visiting with her - you can't tell now but when we lived in Thailand everyone mistook us for each other - I loved it as Mary is beautiful inside and out!!!
The Schulthess' also stopped by with a tray of fresh fruit - soooooo delicious! Good company, sweet food and fantastic friends! Couldn't ask for more! We stayed in the hotel for about 15 days then stayed at Blaine's home. He so graciously offered it to us and we were so grateful to him! He lives with Paula and Dan but keeps the home available for family (and us 😉)!
