We feel immensely blessed. The doctor who did the surgery was recommended by our regular ophthalmologist as a second opinion, and he took my husband’s case right away. The other doctor is in the same practice, but according to our ophthalmologist, this one has the better skill set for this particular surgery. If it hadn’t been for the recommendation/referral of our regular doctor (who went to med school with him), he might not have taken him on so quickly, and apparently, time was of the essence. Without even realizing it, it has become apparent that God was watching out for us throughout this process.
Our big concern will be making sure that his eye doesn’t get an infection, which means limited time with our cat who adores my husband, much more so than he does me. So lots of handwashing, trying to keep the cat off of him. Good news is he is allowed to read for a limited time, and instead of needing to be face down, he needs to make sure that he doesn’t bend over at all. Not allowed to bend down to tie his shoes. If he has to sneeze or cough he’s supposed to keep his mouth open (so good luck with how you’ve been trained not to do that your whole life).
The bottom line is that the surgery was much less complicated than thought, at least by the preop info people. Our instructions are much different than what they led us to believe going in.
My background was as a research technician, and I worked with doctors at every level of their training. PhD’s at first, and then MD/PhD’s later. I have always said that good/great doctors are a dime a dozen, but extraordinary doctors are PRICELESS. I stand by that. I always look for the extraordinary doctors, and we were given 2 more today. Thank you God, for blessing us in his way!
So glad to hear this! This should be a piece of cake compared to what you THOUGHT you would be up against! :)