Tuesday March 17...11:00 pm

Robert’s laser treatment on his right eye was a quick procedure yesterday. This time Robert concentrated on counting the number of ‘zaps’ as the Dr pointed the laser into his eye…he counted 73 ‘zaps’. That’s about twice the number he received in his left eye. Oh my. Now he waits until the middle of June for a follow-up visit. Dr says it will take about 3 months to heal up after the procedure. Then he will re-evaluate what is happening, and hopefully all the leakage will have been stopped. By the end of the day yesterday, the blurriness from the procedure had cleared up.
Meanwhile, he is looking forward to getting over his cold because then he can stop the heart medication and hopefully cut back on his insulin. His cold has really affected his blood sugars – made them run high – so the Dr recommended waiting until they are more stable before making the change in meds.
We are thankful that he is able to go to work, but some days that is all he can do. He still gets fatigued easily, and the cold/sinus infection hasn’t helped. His follow-up appointment with the surgeon regarding the most recent ultrasound of his pancreas, has been delayed and rescheduled for March 30th.
So we keep on, slogging our way through the aftermath of pancreatitis…hard to believe there would still be so much to deal with this far past that attack back in September. The 6 month anniversary passed quietly – we didn’t celebrate it like one may think. I guess we are too deep in the ‘aftermath’ to consider a celebration…giving thanks and being grateful, but not quite celebrating yet.
Thanks for sticking with us on the journey.

~Jeanette