Momma's Eye Surgery
My mom's eye surgery was on Monday morning and it went very well. She came home the same day and I fixed them gumbo and grouper for their supper. She had not met the doctor who inserted the new cutting edge artificial lens until moments before she went back for the operation. She is a patient of the world-class Dr. David Meyers and he had Dr. Tom Wood do her cataract surgery.
Her post return visit was today to Dr. Meyer's clinic. I took her and I'll have you know, it is some special place. People come from all over to be seen by him. The entire building is custom made for seeing the maximum number of patients, with the most high-tech equipment, in the best possible environment. There is usually a very long wait once you arrive. Once she waited 5 hours. Today wasn't so bad--her app't was at 10:30 and I think we were out of there by about 3 p.m. I took my laptop and plenty to work on. The light level gets increasingly dark as you work your way up various levels to the ultimate goal of being seen by Dr. Meyer himself, in almost total darkness. It was rather like a movie set.
My laptop makes its own light, so I just sought out an electrical outlet and was completely content no matter where we were placed. They do serve complimentary drinks and sandwiches in the various staged waiting rooms. Dr. Meyer was REALLY friendly to Momma and thought she was doing great and wants to see her in a couple of weeks. He has numerous drops she is to use in the meantime.
I met people from various places there to be seen by Dr. Meyer and his two associates. One young lady, there with her husband from Chattanooga, had been treated for detached retinas at an early age with silicone injected into her eyes. (An obsolete practice it seems). Now at about age 30, she was legally blind and the eye doctors in Chattanooga, at Vanderbilt and B'ham Med center where she had sought help had told here that there was nothing that could be done to help her. Dr. Meyer, on the other hand, thinks he can help restore her vision somewhat and stop the constant pain.
Her cute husband was from Alabama and was so happy to report that Dr.Meyer's office had REAL sweet tea in the snack area--something not often found outside of the Deep South. He commented that plain tea and a couple packs of sugar was just not the same thing !!
I am thinking that I will probably work on organization and cleaning here and drive back on Friday. Last two days have been pretty much all about the eye surgery, etc.
Her post return visit was today to Dr. Meyer's clinic. I took her and I'll have you know, it is some special place. People come from all over to be seen by him. The entire building is custom made for seeing the maximum number of patients, with the most high-tech equipment, in the best possible environment. There is usually a very long wait once you arrive. Once she waited 5 hours. Today wasn't so bad--her app't was at 10:30 and I think we were out of there by about 3 p.m. I took my laptop and plenty to work on. The light level gets increasingly dark as you work your way up various levels to the ultimate goal of being seen by Dr. Meyer himself, in almost total darkness. It was rather like a movie set.
My laptop makes its own light, so I just sought out an electrical outlet and was completely content no matter where we were placed. They do serve complimentary drinks and sandwiches in the various staged waiting rooms. Dr. Meyer was REALLY friendly to Momma and thought she was doing great and wants to see her in a couple of weeks. He has numerous drops she is to use in the meantime.
I met people from various places there to be seen by Dr. Meyer and his two associates. One young lady, there with her husband from Chattanooga, had been treated for detached retinas at an early age with silicone injected into her eyes. (An obsolete practice it seems). Now at about age 30, she was legally blind and the eye doctors in Chattanooga, at Vanderbilt and B'ham Med center where she had sought help had told here that there was nothing that could be done to help her. Dr. Meyer, on the other hand, thinks he can help restore her vision somewhat and stop the constant pain.
Her cute husband was from Alabama and was so happy to report that Dr.Meyer's office had REAL sweet tea in the snack area--something not often found outside of the Deep South. He commented that plain tea and a couple packs of sugar was just not the same thing !!
I am thinking that I will probably work on organization and cleaning here and drive back on Friday. Last two days have been pretty much all about the eye surgery, etc.
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