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Re: Stupid Eye Tricks Two: The Sequel

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:47 pm
by hobie16
Excellent news!

Re: Stupid Eye Tricks Two: The Sequel

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:53 pm
by Whazzup
So glad to hear she's home and recuperating already. She's a tough li'l birdie and I can't wait to hear about her new and improved vision in her own words.
Thanks, Saint March, for taking such good care of her.

Re: Stupid Eye Tricks Two: The Sequel

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:11 am
by Main Streeter
Good report March! :cool: Very happy for bru. Tell her Hello.

Re: Stupid Eye Tricks Two: The Sequel

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:23 am
by joanna71985
That's great news! :)

Re: Stupid Eye Tricks Two: The Sequel

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:02 am
by BRWombat
Hugs and pixie dust to you and Bru! Thanks for the update.
:grouphug:

Re: Stupid Eye Tricks Two: The Sequel

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:01 pm
by Stripes
Thanks for the great news!

Re: Stupid Eye Tricks Two: The Sequel

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:24 pm
by Big Wallaby
So glad to hear it. Now we have to get you guys down here for Christmas so she can REALLY see the colors and shapes of the season!

Re: Stupid Eye Tricks Two: The Sequel

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:13 pm
by techie-13
Glad to hear she's doing well!
Big Wallaby wrote:So glad to hear it. Now we have to get you guys down here for Christmas so she can REALLY see the colors and shapes of the season!
From what Bru said in her other posts about lights and colors, the christmas lights would probably be really psychedelic. :D:

Re: Stupid Eye Tricks Two: The Sequel

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:33 pm
by turkeyham
Bru,

I hope you recover quickly and there are no more flaws.

:)

Re: Stupid Eye Tricks Two: The Sequel

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:57 pm
by Saint March
Hello again!

Egad! What a day yesterday turned out to be. We got up bright and early for an 8AM appointment. Her eye was really bugging her, and when we got there they found the pressure in her eye was VERY high. Up around 37, normal is 13-18 range. She had an accumulation of fluid that was causing the problem so they did a quick procedure to remove some of it, and she was all right. We went back home, ate breakfast, and then things got worse.

Her pain spiked again. We called the Doctor's office and they wanted us to come back. When we got back her pressure was back up over 40!!!!!! The Doctor needed to do another procedure but she needed to do it in the operating room. Unfortunately, since we had eaten, they had to wait at least 6 hours before they could do it. This was 10:30 in the morning, meaning she had to wait until 4:30! (They can't put you under anestia if you have a full stomach).

So she spent all day in the bed waiting to be taken back, and experiencing what she described as the worst pain she's ever had..... (yeah, worse than child birth.) They did what they could to keep her medicated but it was rather like turning a garden hose on a wild fire.

Once they finally got her back, it only took about 15 minutes, but they got her pressure down where it should be. She was still in a lot of pain but they gave her some stronger medicine and sent her home. She ate, then slept through the night without needing any other medicine.

We went back this morning and her pressure was normal.

Sorry I did not update you all last night but I was quite tired myself. Today has been a much better day though! She's been wearing her glasses and can see fairly well out of both eyes too! We expect it to get better since her right eye is only 2 days out of surgery, and the lens in her glasses was only a "balance" lens that was put in when the glasses were made for her left eye. In other words, they are not designed for her right eye, but they are helping.

She saw blue sky today and said that to be able to see like she could today made everything that happened yesterday worth it. :)

Hope all is well with you all!

Saint March