Post surgery

My eyeball sort of feels like it belongs on this dianosaur!

The pre-op is what takes all the time.

Details: Insert IV, drip, drip, drip (that nurse was really skilled)

Ask all the questions that you just gave the answers to on the pre-op sheet questionaire.

Changed into lovely gown, (not by Vera Wang)

Get back into bed, wait.

30 minutes into it, 3 differenct meds drop by drop into the eyeball

wait 20 minutes. 3 different meds drop by drop into the eyeball

(they let Tim come in and sit with me, which was nice.

Wait 20 minutes, again the third set of triple drops. Wait 20 minutes (you get the picture)

A total of 5 sets of administering of drops. My pupil was good and dilated! Had to have them turn the lights off so I could take the blanket off of my face.

One of the pitfalls: No makeup to get the surgery! Were they kidding or what? I don't even go to get the newspaper in the dark without eyeliner!

Anyway, blood pressure, temp, Dr. comes in and places an "X" over the eye that gets the surgery, with a magic marker. Better safe than sorry!

Then came the syringe full of gooey gel. The "number" as it were. Fancy blue hair net and off to see the wizard I go.

Four people in the operating room. "Can you lift yourself up and scoot back at least half the length of the bed...keep scooting until you feel cold steel. Oxygen up nose, sand bags around head. Tape the eyelids open, and a machine makes the world look like I am seeing through a 3-D kaleidascope 15 minutes of science fiction "You are doing just fine" "All Done"!

Voila! Back to the pre op room, get dressed, have a cup of coffee, get a prescription (oh, almost forgot the muffin) get into the wheel chair and get whisked away!

Home again, Home again, all the same day.

Two different kinds of drops every two hours, and one prescription drop every four hours.

Black wrap-around sunglasses and guess what.......I can see!

Thank you Dr. Chi. See you tomorrow at 2:00

P.s. He left a potted flowering plant on the bedside table for me. How sweet!