Pneumatic Retinopexy
Thursday, July 8th, 2010 06:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jesse_the_kMy latest excuse for not posting arrived around 4:30 this morning. MyGuy had a vitreal detachment in his weaker eye around 6 months ago. The eye doctor counseled "watchful waiting"; the unhappy sequel he was watching for happened this morning: a retinal tear. He will have scleral buckle surgery plus a vitrectomy tomorrow AM. Then they'll create a gas bubble to support the mended retina -- that's what Pneumatic Retinopexy means. He may have to spend the next couple days with his face down.
I hope for the best! The good news is this experience has introduced my dancing tongue to a host of polysyllabic words.
I hope for the best! The good news is this experience has introduced my dancing tongue to a host of polysyllabic words.
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Date: 2010-07-09 06:50 pm (UTC)Surgery went well today. Doc gave him an extra-large shot of kretoralac plus numbing agent, so he's literally feeling nothing right now.
The intriguing part is we're fast forwarding to our own future say 15 years hence: when he can no longer drive, and we must truly plan every trip a day in advance. And he's retired. (While I'm proud of my bus-riding-ability, he has always been the secret backup that gets me places when I forget to plan adequately).