Momma's eye surgery and a party...

By request I will share Fender's initial reaction to my skydiving video. As usual he kept most expression hidden until the end, but did scoot back closer and closer into Daddy's arms as he watched so we knew he was concerned. And then as soon as it was over, out of nowhere his lips pouted and he started to cry...such a sweet boy. But not to worry...within a minute we reassured him everything was fine and then he said..."Momma fly through the air like Batman." That cracked us up. He asked to see it again yesterday and this time he was able to enjoy it.

Yesterday I had my eye surgery and there was a slight complication. He did the vitrectomy and biopsy as planned, but also found part of my retina very weakened, apparently due to the toxo spreading, so he had to put a gas bubble in my eye to help it. Well for those of you without gas bubbles in your eye I will tell you what it means...it means I can't fly anywhere and I have to stay upright until the bubble is absorbed in about a week. That means I have to sleep sitting up too! No bending, no lifting anything over 5lbs, and no driving for the same amount of time either. Plus it meant that he couldn't give me the whole antibiotic dose in the scar that I needed so I will have to have another injection (likely two) into my eye to kill the toxo after the gas bubble is gone. He also said it will take about a week and a half before we know if my vision has been restored. And he won't have the biopsy results for a week either. So...basically just more waiting while the toxo continues attacking, but saving the retina became the priority during surgery.

As for the procedure itself, I was put under general anesthesia for the numbing portion and most of the vitrectomy, but was awake for the rest of it, which got to be a bit painful when he was poking around on the weakened retina so I got a second dose of local anesthesia during the procedure. But haven't needed pain medication since.

To switch gears...Fender and I went to a "first" birthday party on Sunday for Miss Corley Ann, a good friend of ours. The birthday girl thoroughly enjoyed wearing her birthday cake. Fender really liked her drum set. Here are a couple of pictures.