08 July 09
Hi Everyone,
Apologies off the top for sending a group email in reply to your warm wishes and prayers but it has been a very stressful few days and we need to be back at the hospital to see Dr Martin at 7:45 in the morning (Thursday). We so appreciate your concern and what I have done is copy and pasted the email I sent out to our kids a little while ago (Wed 08 July)
We want to thank you for your wishes and prayers for Mike's surgery today. We were to be there for 5 and Dr Martin ran a little late at his office so got to the hospital later than expected.
Mike went in at 5:37 and was done about 6:10. Hopefully all went well altho looking at him one would think he had run into the back of a truck at 100km/hour.
He was one brave patient as Dr Martin kept asking him if he was ok since it is a pain Mike described as green --blue and white searing light. He said there was no let up and he talked to try to focus away from it. Anyhow he is still in pain but I gave him a tylenol 3 that does not seem to have done much for him yet but hopefully will take the edge off at least.
I dropped him at home and then went to pick up his eyedrops at AJs. He is to take them in his left eye 4x a day BUT Dr Martin wants me to put them in 4x tonight.
Mike is not allowed to go horizontal for 2 weeks and cannot fly for a month (no plans there at least). He is in our room in my lazy boy as he wanted darkness and he can listen/watch tv as a distraction. He can get up and walk around as he feels like doing that but just cannot lie down.
We are to see Dr Martin again at 7:45 tomorrow morning back at St Joe's and we are on the way at least to recovery of his sight hoping everything goes according to schedule.
I hope everyone stays healthy at your end and stay safe. Enough stress for a while at this end.
One thing Mike did say coming home in the car was that he hoped no one had to go thru what he did and we know many people do every day.
In case anyone wants to know more details of the procedure it is pneumatic retinopexy surgery and you can see it online. Perhaps too much info for some I agree.
Take care all and thanks again for your love for Mike
mar
Hi Everyone,
Apologies off the top for sending a group email in reply to your warm wishes and prayers but it has been a very stressful few days and we need to be back at the hospital to see Dr Martin at 7:45 in the morning (Thursday). We so appreciate your concern and what I have done is copy and pasted the email I sent out to our kids a little while ago (Wed 08 July)
We want to thank you for your wishes and prayers for Mike's surgery today. We were to be there for 5 and Dr Martin ran a little late at his office so got to the hospital later than expected.
Mike went in at 5:37 and was done about 6:10. Hopefully all went well altho looking at him one would think he had run into the back of a truck at 100km/hour.
He was one brave patient as Dr Martin kept asking him if he was ok since it is a pain Mike described as green --blue and white searing light. He said there was no let up and he talked to try to focus away from it. Anyhow he is still in pain but I gave him a tylenol 3 that does not seem to have done much for him yet but hopefully will take the edge off at least.
I dropped him at home and then went to pick up his eyedrops at AJs. He is to take them in his left eye 4x a day BUT Dr Martin wants me to put them in 4x tonight.
Mike is not allowed to go horizontal for 2 weeks and cannot fly for a month (no plans there at least). He is in our room in my lazy boy as he wanted darkness and he can listen/watch tv as a distraction. He can get up and walk around as he feels like doing that but just cannot lie down.
We are to see Dr Martin again at 7:45 tomorrow morning back at St Joe's and we are on the way at least to recovery of his sight hoping everything goes according to schedule.
I hope everyone stays healthy at your end and stay safe. Enough stress for a while at this end.
One thing Mike did say coming home in the car was that he hoped no one had to go thru what he did and we know many people do every day.
In case anyone wants to know more details of the procedure it is pneumatic retinopexy surgery and you can see it online. Perhaps too much info for some I agree.
Take care all and thanks again for your love for Mike
mar
