Starting to See!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has turned a bit colder, but is still recovering to single digits of freezing each day. We flew down to Toronto on Sunday for my eye surgery.

Arrr, me mateys! 

I saw the surgeon on Monday, underwent pterygium surgery on Tuesday, and had a follow-up appointment with her on Wednesday before flying home. I told the doctor that it seemed more painful this time, but she suggested I might be forgetting! She peeled off the pterygium which had started to encroach over the pupil. Then, she took a rectangular graft from the eyeball just above the iris, and applied it between the nose corner of the eye and the iris to prevent the pterygium from regrowing. The harvesting site, and the grafting location are the sources of most of the pain. She checked it over on Wednesday morning, and announced that she had done an excellent job!

You're right—it is sore!

Since she was the only one there with expertise to make such an assessment, I had to take her word for it! However, let's just say the T3s are proving very helpful. I also have an antibiotic ointment I apply to the eyeball four times each day, and another that I will use after the first two weeks. I'm scheduled to see my local ophthalmic surgeon on Monday to ensure that I'm making good progress. I'm already seeing better than I was before the surgery. Otherwise, I haven't been doing much! We had another good week in the markets as they set a record for the best performance from election day to inauguration day—thanks uncle Joe! If I can hold on for this next week, it'll be three straight months on quota!

Glue Up for Shelf

My new board is out of the glue-up, but I haven't begun the sanding. It will become a shelf in my pallet wood TV Tray. The NHL continues in the early season, but my Oilers (2-4) are not doing well. Leafs (4-2) and Pens (3-2) are doing better. The #9-Jayhawks are going through a rough stretch, losing three straight now. Their ranking will drop further this weekend—Rock Chalk, Jayhawks!

Erica is back to work this week, but they are both still working from home so it hasn’t been much of a change in scenery. Liam got his third dose of Remicade. We are hoping he will soon report an improvement. Eric has started destruction of the ceiling in the eating nook. It is under the upstairs bathroom.

More Knob/Tube and a Plumbing Puzzle!

They have found more knob and tube electrical up there, but they haven't figured out if it’s live or not. Other than that, it’s been a quiet week for the Baileys. 

 

Kristian is managing better with the new program of half time on line, and half at school. He also gets extra help at school on alternate afternoons. This week he got new ear-molds; the old ones were leaking and he was experiencing hearing loss.

New Ears—Better Hearing!

They got out one day this week to pick up the new ear-molds, and also got his SGI number so he can begin driver training. Yikes! How could he be old enough for driver training!?

Joanna flew to Toronto with us last Sunday to spend the week with her dad and family.

Ready to Fly!

She's arriving back home today, and then, like us, she'll be isolating until she has her requisite clear days. Trav and I have been chatting our way through hockey games—his team is doing better than mine! 

And that's about enough for this week.