Hedgy is back to blogging. Thanks BFF Shell for taking over duties last night...I can't believe I let the secret password out...but I guess I can trust you not to break into my blog and put up nasty messages right?! Anyhow...where to start, where to start. I've got to go quick because I'm not allowed to strain my eye which is patch free and on the road to recovery. The story, brief version (yeah right)!
-Yesterday morning I work up with a wicked red eye and soreness. Went to the doctor at 2:30 and he decided to call in the specialist to have a look. Saw the specialist, Dr. Sanders, at around 4ish and it was determined I had an infection, a small one that we caught very early, and needed to do emergency surgery immediately. Off to Presby we go. Got into a room around 6ish and when Joseph ran down to get something to eat they of course came and took me away to surgery. My surgery started at around 7ish (I was apparently great entertainment down in the operating room per Dr. Sanders this morning...I wanted him to tell me everything that was happening, he said he wasn't comfortable telling me how many different needles he was sticking in my eye, so we talked about my cats...he said I was a "hoot"). Got back into my room around 7:45ish, discharged at around 8:30ish and got home around 9:30ish after we got something to eat. What the surgery was is this...they injected some super strong antibiotics directly inside my eye to attack the infection. They also took a culture to send off for testing, but 60% of the time, nothing shows up. Chances of infection occurring from cataract surgery, 1 in 1000...that's just my great ol' luck!
-I've been in very little pain and I had to keep a patch on my eye until I saw Dr. Sanders again today at 1. Took off my patch, and everything looked great. I'm a little dizzy and uneasy because my vision in my left eye is very clouded, but this is to be expected. I got a great report from the doctor...he is very pleased with how everything is looking and says I lucked out because we caught the infection so early. I felt bad for dragging everyone in on a Sunday afternoon/evening, but at the same time, you don't mess with your vision, so I'm very thankful for how quickly everyone worked to get me all better. I am patch free and actually do not have to go back to the doctor until Wednesday (usually every 24 hours but since my eye is looking so good he felt comfortable holding off until Wednesday). I'm not allowed to drive, lift, strain, work out, or work. I'll know more about work come Wednesday, but it's very frustrating because I had like 10 conferences scheduled for this week which are having to be cancelled for the second time (first time b/c of the whole hive incident). But...in the end my vision is most important.
-I feel great...I'm doing drops every hour and enjoying relaxing and catching up on some rest. I didn't sleep well Saturday or Sunday night, so it's nice to be able to rest. Thanks for checking in on me. Joseph has been a trooper and with me the whole time. He'll go back to work tomorrow and Mommy will be taken over my cares-yay! I do have a quick little quiz for everyone...enjoy!
***Which picture is the real Nichole Hedgepeth aka Itchy Nicki, Blind Hedgy or any other names you could possible think of?
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