Last one standing
Jun. 6th, 2002 02:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kyburgMom called last night. Sis is back in surgery today for another emergency vitrectomy; they found another tear. This time, they aren't messing around with air, they're using silicone oil to fill the eye while it heals up. This is nasty because you can't see a damn thing with it in, and it has to be surgically removed when you don't need it anymore.
Healing time is now 6 months at the best -- and no odds are being given on useable sight. Rather, does the eye stay in the head or not? *brrr*
I'm not surprised. Once you tear a retina, until it's all over and done, it's like putting tape on tissue taper. It pulls too hard while it's healing and oops, it's torn again in another place.
The fact they haven't nailed down the etiology (infection, auto-immune allergy) irks me. But nobody's asking me. And I'm staying away and out of this. It's a little late to wonder if they needed to be more aggressive earlier. Ya think?
Mom is home this time, though. She just finished up a round of MRIs and myelograms yesterday that required someone else to drive her home - it appears she really has a spinal injury of some kind - which will require surgery to resolve as well. That's in a week when the results are read in the doctor's office.
Little brother has acquired a hernia and will also be in surgery as soon as it can be arranged. I like his attitude about the whole thing - it's in my way, get it out of my way. Now. He'll be off his feet for six weeks after surgery. I'll take him one of the game machines...maybe find a way for him to play Azure Dreams until his brains turn to slush.
That leaves me still standing.
Karma, neh?
As I am fond of saying, being right sucks if this is what it gets you.
My head hurts (and I don't get headaches), I'm concerned but don't dare think too much about this and I am bone weary and have plenty to keep me busy aside from this.
On the good side, I think the bathroom ceiling will get fixed this weekend (but Jim works) -- booyah.
Tired. Oh, very, very tired.
Healing time is now 6 months at the best -- and no odds are being given on useable sight. Rather, does the eye stay in the head or not? *brrr*
I'm not surprised. Once you tear a retina, until it's all over and done, it's like putting tape on tissue taper. It pulls too hard while it's healing and oops, it's torn again in another place.
The fact they haven't nailed down the etiology (infection, auto-immune allergy) irks me. But nobody's asking me. And I'm staying away and out of this. It's a little late to wonder if they needed to be more aggressive earlier. Ya think?
Mom is home this time, though. She just finished up a round of MRIs and myelograms yesterday that required someone else to drive her home - it appears she really has a spinal injury of some kind - which will require surgery to resolve as well. That's in a week when the results are read in the doctor's office.
Little brother has acquired a hernia and will also be in surgery as soon as it can be arranged. I like his attitude about the whole thing - it's in my way, get it out of my way. Now. He'll be off his feet for six weeks after surgery. I'll take him one of the game machines...maybe find a way for him to play Azure Dreams until his brains turn to slush.
That leaves me still standing.
Karma, neh?
As I am fond of saying, being right sucks if this is what it gets you.
My head hurts (and I don't get headaches), I'm concerned but don't dare think too much about this and I am bone weary and have plenty to keep me busy aside from this.
On the good side, I think the bathroom ceiling will get fixed this weekend (but Jim works) -- booyah.
Tired. Oh, very, very tired.
