Jim had his eye procedure done yesterday. I got to sit in the office and watch and - whew - nothing like clamping your eye open and scraping it with a metal file. Jim was a tough soldier though. After the scraping, the doctor put multiple layers of film over the eye and then a contact lens bandage, all followed by the bandage on the eye lid to keep the eye closed as much as possible.
The doctor warned him that after the numbing drops wore off, it would probably be painful. He prescribed pain meds and told him to be sure and take them round the clock for the 24 hours to stay on top of it. In addition, he was prescribed two eye drops - one a steroid and the other an antibiotic.
Jim has tolerated everything really well and isn't in much pain. It's more the feeling of strain and something in your eye as opposed to the pain they warned us about. He wasn't supposed to do much at all for the first couple days, trying to limit eye movement as much as possible. Getting drops in the eye when it's mostly shut is not the easiest, but we've managed to get them in.
We go back to the doctor tomorrow. Complete healing and surface regeneration takes about 6 weeks. They've said his vision will be very blurry while he has the protective films on.
We're very glad it's over and are praying that it works to eliminate the ghost images that have really affected his vision.
As these things go, Jim got a call this afternoon that the engine shop has the block all done! Unfortunately, it's going to have to wait until next week but it's nice that it's all ready to go.
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