What you're looking at are before and after photos of Peggy's cataracts/new lens! Yesterday's cataract surgery was a great success! Stay tuned for Lolo's photos and story telling...Spoke with Ty and she is thrilled with the results. Said that Peggy was totally blind in one eye with a cataract that was as bad as they get and the other eye was on its way there too. No wonder Peggy couldn't spell - she couldn't see the board at all!
Peggy's recovery is pretty quick - just NO pressure on the lids for a few days (like when we blink her eyes). We are to use the Tobradex no less than 3 times a day so as to make sure that the eyes don't get infected. We can use it as needed in addition to that. We can continue to use the PM - we will need to keep Peggy's eyes very lubricated since the surgery can have a drying effect. No need for using the other eye drops that stung her eyes.
When I saw Peggy after her surgery, her eyes were still dilated. But she was beginning to see clearly and spelling with her was MUCH improved! We asked her if she could see and her eyes quickly darted to "yes". I could really tell that she was looking right at me! We had the kids over, so we put them on the bed and Peggy was able to look right at them and SEE them!!! The first thing we did was show her the photos of Leslie's baby, Hanalei, on the computer - Peggy's eyes were so big and wide - she was very excited to really SEE Hana for the first time!
Ty told us that her eyes may be irritated and blurry for a few days while they heal and adjust, so we'll see over the weekend how things go. Ty will be on Monday to check on her!
So that's the scoop - Lolo's tale of the adventure is so good that I will post it now. And one more thing - the wheelchair guy came yesterday to look at the chair which has been acting funky and not holding its charge. Turns out it was the battery, so he apparently replaced that and it should be fine...
Have a great weekend!
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