Daughter's surgery today..

[161]

I took my daughter Bethany to the hospital for eye surgery today. The Doctor came in and said everything went perfect. He said that she should take it easy for a couple of days then she should be able to do light work like make her bed and clean her room. I jumped up shook his hand and told him she has never been able to do that "Thank You Doc". What an amazing medical era we live in!!!

[Doc Highwall]

Great to hear it went well!

[P.K.]

Great News!

[DLCTEX]

Can I get some of my kids in to see him? Glad it went well, I had lense replacement in both eyes a year ago and it's wonderful. Thank God for modern medicine

[IllinoisCoyoteHunter]

Glad it all went well and your daughter is gonna be fine!

[bayjoe]

That's awesome man !!

[xs11jack]

That's really good news and so is the news about her eye. Did he say anything about laundry and dishes??
Jack

[JeffinNZ]

Tremendous news.

[Wal']

Great news, hope all ends well & it is an amazing medical era, mine have been minor compared with some of the miracles they can achieve today.
I've just had a knee replacement & years back a carbon fibre tendon holding my shoulder blade in place & a tendon repositioned from the leg to my ankle.
All still working well, I just wonder how our parents ever survived as long as they did.

[Doc Highwall]

161, what was the daughter's surgery for a lens implant?

[161]

She is legally blind, her left eye has little to no sight at all. The right is around 20/300 20/350. She is 18 now and getting ready for collage next fall. Her left eye since it can't see is pulling to the left. We had it straightened so both eyes track the same. Will do nothing for her sight but a young girl going to a new school doesn't need to be worrying about people looking at her. She was very self-conscious of it.

[Doc Highwall]

I got hit in my right eye 1959-1960? and I had 20-200 in it and almost 2 years ago I had lens implants in both eyes. With the new equipment now days he said the eye was not focused where it was suppose to be and the brain had to learn to reject any information from it. It is a little better but as soon as I concentrate on looking at something the brain takes over and blocks the image it might see. That is why I shoot left handed. Before I had the lens implant in my good eye my vision was 20/28 to 20/32 at best and I use to laugh when people say they could not shoot good because of their vision. My correction for astigmatism was 4.25 diopters and just by leaning my head slightly left or right I could make square door way lean left or right.

I now have 20/20 uncorrected in my left eye and this is the best I have ever been able to see. Life with one eye is tough enough I hope the best for your daughter!

[161]

Thanks