Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I warned you that I wouldn't be able to.....I don't even know where to start, lol. Well, the day I have been waiting over 2 years for, has come and gone...I finally had my eye surgery on Monday. I was a nervous wreck. We got there around 7:40am and we didn't have to wait very long. ******WARNING****** I'm about to describe in detail, my surgery. If you are squeamish, please stop reading now. Ok, so- they called me back and started putting several types of numbing drops in my eye. Then, they had to put a needle full of local aneastethic? directly into my eyelid. Then they walked out of the room to allow my numbing agents time to start working. That's when I heard Matt tell the dr that I was very nervous and then, and ONLY THEN, did the dr tell the nurse to get me something to help me relax. I am completly confident that they weren't going to give me anything at all!!!!!! I find it crazy that they could not see my uncontrollably shaking hands. Well, the nurse came back with- wait for it- 5mg of valium!!! I'm not a valium expert, but I knew that wasn't going to be enough....and it sure wasn't. I didn't feel any different. I was still just as nervous and shaky, but I didn't want to sound weird asking for more, so I prayed that I would be strong enough to get through it. Anyway, this is the gross, graphic part of the story, so I will remind you of the earlier warning. The dr and nurse came back in, reclined my chair, shone the biggest, brightest light in my eyes and gave me 2 tension balls to squeezee. Then, they told me to look down and then the dr got some sort of tool to flip my eyelid and then hold it that way. Then, I heard scissors snipping the muscle under my eyelid. I believe it's called the levator muscle. She snipped it from one corner to the other. As she was snipping, the nurse was using a machine that I don't remember the name of to burn what the dr was cutting to stop the bleeding. I could hear and feel my eyelid muscle being snipped and burnt. I told you it was gross. Ugh. It makes me nauseous thinking about it. So, then they left me in the room for a moment, went to talk about geese and then came back to check me. Dr decided she needed to do a little more. So, so flipped, snipped and burnt again. Only this time, I guess some of the medicine had worn off because the pain I felt when they were burning it was unlike anything I had ever felt before. I started crying and so they gave me yet another needle in my eyelid. Proceeded. Left room. Came back. Decided she still was.not.done!!!! She did a little bit more then she finished and moved me into another room where they forced me to eat a graham cracker so I could take pain medicine. Then, they called Matt in to sit with me for a little bit so they could ice my eye and make sure there was no excessive bleeding. Then, they patched me up and sent me home. It was awful!!!! I am so grateful to be done with it. Oh my gosh, you have no idea!!! I went home and for some reason was still having a little pain so I took 3 tylenol and that was it for the day. As soon as Sam and my mom went home, I was out for the rest of the day. So now- 3 days later, all I'm left with is a tiny bit of swelling and a black eye. I have to put ointment into it twice a day for now, and that's about all. I'm very happy with the way it turned out and that I don't have a scar. I guess that's the benefit of doing the work on the inside of the lid. Anyway, enough about that. I don't really have any kid updates or pictures. We're very excited about the nice weather and we got ice cream from the ice cream truck for the first time this year. We went to Target earlier to pick up a birthday gift for one of the kids' friends and then we came home and played outside with bubbles allllll day. Emily is very excited for easter egg hunting at Storybook land and to go swimming. Every day this week that the sun was out, she put her bathing suit on and bugged Matt and I incessantly to set up the pool. Lol. Well, the kids are done their ice cream now so I have to clean them up and get them ready for bed. Hopefully, I'll have more pleasant updates and pictures soon! If not, enjoy the sunny weekend!!!
