Hello to everyone! Hope that all of you had a super week, full of exciting events. It is almost March and I hate to say this but it is still very cold here and they are calling for snow Tuesday evening into Wednesday. We still have snow from December 18 – we haven’t seen our yard since then! I can hardly wait until spring gets here with the warm weather.
Monday I took Helen (Rodney’s mother) to UVA (Charlottesville – an hour away) for her eye surgery. She has been fighting glaucoma for years. We had to be there at 11 and we didn’t get home until 5. I was really glad to get back home because they called for snow and I didn’t want to drive over Afton Mountain in the snow. Her surgery was more complex than the doctor had anticipated. He is a perfectionist which is very good and he took his time to get every thing just the way he wanted it She could not stay by herself for the first 24 hours, so she stayed with us.
Tuesday we went back to UVA for post surgery check and her eye pressure was really high. He put her on three different eye drops in addition to her regular three.She has a total of 15 different times to put drops in her eyes, starting at 6:30 am and stops at 10:30 pm.There is no way that she could get these drops done correctly so she is home with us until we are comfortable with her being able to do her drops correctly. The nurse said that the drops are just as important as the surgery.
Wednesday back to UVA and the pressure was a little higher! More meds. and back to UVA on Thursday and again on Friday! Good news the pressure was down to a good number but we are off to UVA on Tuesday to see if the pressure is staying down.
I have said that God has a plan for me and I guess this is part of the plan. I don’t know where she would be if I was still working. I am so glad that I am available to be here for her.
That pretty well sums up my week. We did get to keep Audrey some this week. She has learned how to wave bye-bye! I also got a little time to work on Audrey’s baptism gown. I hope to get it done this week.
I got a call from MCV this week telling me that I am ready for my hepatitis A shots! I also am scheduled for a 18 month bone marrow biopsy on the 18th of March.It is so hard to believe that it has been one and half years since my transplant The journey has been so amazing and I know that God is still in control.
I hope that you will have a good week and I will blog next week. God bless.
Love,
Gloria
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