
Last week I took mom in for what we both supposed was going to be just your typical yearly eye exam, and turned into a four hour ordeal of tests, exams, consultation with the Ophthalmologist, and ultimately the beginning of another round of monthly injections to help reduce the swelling in her retina. But the ice-cream topper on that cake of fun was a referral to a cataract surgeon for cataract surgery as soon as possible. Neither of us expected that. For over a year, all has been quiet on the eyesight front, so we’d gotten rather settled.
Well, it’s time to shake things up. Tomorrow she goes in for another test to determine what lens they will use. Then in two weeks, she will have cataract surgery in her right eye, with two followup visits, and two weeks later they will do the left eye, and two more followup visits, and then continue with the injections monthly. And all these appointments and procedures have to be scheduled around her thrice weekly dialysis. As you might imagine, this is going to be a much busier time than usual!
Everyone we talk to who has had the surgery exclaims about how much better they were able to see as a result. However, the doctors are not necessarily predicting a big improvement in her vision with this (although there might be some), but they say it will help them see INTO her eyes better, so they can better treat the retinopathy.
I am hoping there will be some improvement for her so that it will seem a little more worthwhile to go through all of this! I know mom will appreciate your prayers for her as she undergoes these procedures, and I will surely appreciate them as I manage the schedule and keep everyone going in the right direction at the right time.