That's great news!!! How long will it take to know if it worked?
Toto, am happy the surgery is over and am now waiting to know it was completely successful. And I agree it is better to know rather than wonder about things.
Sorry, I have been absent. I have been off kelter with the world. When I came to the
thread-view first unread post-it was starry's "Sometimes you just have to pick yourself up and carry on." Hummm....
Thank you all for your prayers and support.
It will be 3-4 month's before they will know if the surgery will hold for Dallen. He has to lay facing the floor 45min out of every hr for a week at least. He can sleep on his side with his head elevated. He did not want to do the surgery in the first place, so can imagine how hard it is to keep him down as the pain subsides. Like Lynn says he is at the age where you function in the moment.
He was ran over by a hit and run boat 5 1/2 years ago. The propeller caught him slashing across his left cheek, nose, forehead, clear up to the top of his skull. Drs were amazed he was alive when they got to the hospital, and again when he came out of the coma. They were not going to remove the blood behind his retina because they thought he was going to be blind anyhow. Several specialists at UCLA conferred and decided that he had defied all odds up til then so they would do the surgery to give him a chance to have sight with his left eye. As time has passed his retina did respond to light when held in certain places, but he hasn't been able to see. Two-3 years ago he would not even have been able to pass a driving test as the vision in his right eye was getting bad. They did therapy and his good eye in conjunction with the peripheral vision from his blind eye his vision improved. He was able to get his driver's license this past summer. One of my big concerns in addition to him totally loosing the left eye without a chance of medical advancement making it possible or the miracle for which we all have kept praying that he might see someday that without the left eye at all his right eye will get worse again.
Hz, I'll be waiting on you to get here. Lots of things that need attention in my kitchen. Well the whole place for that matter. Besides that I know I would love your cooking.... Congrats on the 26lb loss. Sounds as though you are still loosing past your goal.....
Way to go with the mini workout Fudgey and your walking CES. I have gotten in a walk or two since I checked in is all. Good going though everyone. Slow and steady is good.
Let's all send positive vibes to Classy and her husband Steve.
