Been at eye casualty again
Posted: 12 Aug 2015, 13:37
Bb's eye suddenly deteriorated overnight.
Some of you may remember we had a scare back in February but they said it was the vitreous 'slowly' pulling away, rather than the dramatic rip with the other eye.
However, obviously we were to go back if anything else happened, and he knew we had to go.
Couldn't get through on the phone so went straight to the eye casualty.
The upshot is, bad news, detached retina
He (the doctor) was pretty sure they would operate today so he came down to the day unit with us.
The surgeon came, and said rather than keep us there all day, to fit on the end of his list - and we gathered it was a long list - could we go back at 7.30 tomorrow morning.
So that's what we're doing - as before but a longer operation, with the dreaded gas ball, the lot.
First thing Bb asked was, what about our holiday, but he said we should be ok
Some of you may remember we had a scare back in February but they said it was the vitreous 'slowly' pulling away, rather than the dramatic rip with the other eye.
However, obviously we were to go back if anything else happened, and he knew we had to go.
Couldn't get through on the phone so went straight to the eye casualty.
The upshot is, bad news, detached retina
He (the doctor) was pretty sure they would operate today so he came down to the day unit with us.
The surgeon came, and said rather than keep us there all day, to fit on the end of his list - and we gathered it was a long list - could we go back at 7.30 tomorrow morning.
So that's what we're doing - as before but a longer operation, with the dreaded gas ball, the lot.
First thing Bb asked was, what about our holiday, but he said we should be ok