Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Dan's eye continued...........

Since the last post, Dan has gone to the eye Dr. again to make sure things are progressing. When he went in on Mon. the Dr. told him that she thought his eye would heal more quickly if she gave him an eye drop that would dilate his eye for a week { apparently when his eye dilates to adjust to the lighting, it doesn't let the small tears he had around the puncture heal well}. She also gave him another prescription, a steroid this time, to drop in his eye every hour. I've lost track of how many different eye drops he's up to now. He has another appointment today. We'll see what he comes home with this time :)

So around all this eye stuff he is still preparing for surgery on Fri. We have to drive down to the Springs again. This time it's on the right ankle- the better one. Along that note this is for all you prescription smarties- Char- What is diloted/doloted (sp?) ?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I feel so bad for Dan. We hope & pray his eye heals quickly & that surgery will go well! That is amazing about his eye...

The kids look great! Has the novelty worn off yet? How did you know they needed glasses? Was it as simple as them saying "I can't see" or did you just deduce it. I'm wondering because it will be a miracle if Cam doesn't need glasses at some point.

Has your Christmas spirit improved, yet?

Anonymous said...

Dilaudid's generic name is hydromorphone and is basically morphine. As you know it is a pretty good pain killer just don't drive or operate heavy machinery while on it. Good Luck Dan!