Wednesday, May 31, 2006
The Good News or the Bad News? (02/23/06)
Dang it! I just typed this long post and it is gone! Guess I'll start over.
I took DS for his follow-up appoinment with Dr. Saunders. Good News~ His eyes are healing great. They are even less red that expected. Bad News~ The left eye is STILL drifting in slightly, though not nearly as bad as before. So...we have to keep an eye on it and he wants to see us again in two weeks. There in lies another problem...
The receptionist was rude and wouldn't take her eyes off the computer screen long enough to even acknowledge us. I asked her if we could make it on a Friday and was informed that "Dr. Saunders doesn't see patients on Fridays". Must be nice! Then the first available appointment is on April 4th! That is six weeks away! I could live with 3 weeks but not triple the amount of time that he wanted. I am going to call the office tomorrow and see if I can get one for closer to the two week mark. That it totally unacceptable if I have anything to do about it! We'll see how that goes.
Dr. Saunders said that if it continues that we will try patching/drops and see how that goes. If not, another surgery is suggested. DH is strongly against it and I know it will be a fight if he needs another one. He has said more than once that he will agree to one and that's it. We talked about it briefly on the phone, but he said that he didn't want to upset me. I told him that we would discuss it if/when we needed to. I am willing (reluctantly) to try one more surgery if the Dr. thinks that will be all that it takes. I don't want him to have to go through more than that though. So we will see.
I am trying to stay positive. There is a remarkable difference in the things that he is doing in just the few days since the surgery. He is into EVERYTHING now and used his hands a lot more. I would hate to take a step backwards when the surgery really isn't that big a deal to him.
Please keep my little man in your prayers. While he is alot better we are not at the end of the road yet.
I took DS for his follow-up appoinment with Dr. Saunders. Good News~ His eyes are healing great. They are even less red that expected. Bad News~ The left eye is STILL drifting in slightly, though not nearly as bad as before. So...we have to keep an eye on it and he wants to see us again in two weeks. There in lies another problem...
The receptionist was rude and wouldn't take her eyes off the computer screen long enough to even acknowledge us. I asked her if we could make it on a Friday and was informed that "Dr. Saunders doesn't see patients on Fridays". Must be nice! Then the first available appointment is on April 4th! That is six weeks away! I could live with 3 weeks but not triple the amount of time that he wanted. I am going to call the office tomorrow and see if I can get one for closer to the two week mark. That it totally unacceptable if I have anything to do about it! We'll see how that goes.
Dr. Saunders said that if it continues that we will try patching/drops and see how that goes. If not, another surgery is suggested. DH is strongly against it and I know it will be a fight if he needs another one. He has said more than once that he will agree to one and that's it. We talked about it briefly on the phone, but he said that he didn't want to upset me. I told him that we would discuss it if/when we needed to. I am willing (reluctantly) to try one more surgery if the Dr. thinks that will be all that it takes. I don't want him to have to go through more than that though. So we will see.
I am trying to stay positive. There is a remarkable difference in the things that he is doing in just the few days since the surgery. He is into EVERYTHING now and used his hands a lot more. I would hate to take a step backwards when the surgery really isn't that big a deal to him.
Please keep my little man in your prayers. While he is alot better we are not at the end of the road yet.
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