Hey everyone,
I created this blog to help keep all of you informed on dad's surgery and his recovery. I/we would like to start by thanking everyone for your prayers and support. It most certainly made a big difference today and last night. Dad slept really well last night (night before surgery) which was a huge blessing because he isn't known to be the best sleeper in the world. With the anxiety of the surgery and the recovery it was wonderful for him to have slept as well as he did. And because he probably won't have a good night's rest for another 3 weeks.
We arrived in Durham today around 10 am and had an hour to kill before dad went in for pre-op. We were able to listen to a great sermon by dad's new favorite pastor Mark Driscoll (besides Nathan Kline and Jeff Miller of course) about how Jesus is our Prophet, Priest and King. I'll try to find the link and post it later on. Then we were able to go on a little walk and enjoy the beautiful day before dad went in for pre-op. He went in for pre-op around 11 am but unfortunately had to wait quite a while. He went into surgery around 2 pm and got out around 3:45 or so. Dr. Toth is the doctor who performed the surgery..... what a blessing to have her as dad's doctor. She's very personable, caring, down to earth and not to mention brilliant! She said she was encouraged with how the surgery went. They were able to remove scar tissue around the hole in his macula and put a gas bubble in his eye to help his retina lay flat with the ultimate purpose of closing the hole in his macula for better vision in his right eye!
Our three biggest prayer requests right now are for dad's eye to of course heal nicely and that he would retain and hopefully gain some of his vision in his right eye. Secondly, that he will be able to keep his head down so as not to irritate, disturb or move in any way the gas bubble they put behind his eye to help close up the hole in his retina. Finally, for dad to experience some measure of comfort. It is difficult to see him so uncomfortable and in such pain. In the 4 hours or so we have been at the hotel so far he has moved from the bed to the chair to the bed to the chair at least 10 times. He just can't seem to get comfortable and the pain in his eye is at it's worst right now. This of course will get better in time.
Mom would also appreciate your prayers as she takes care of dad. Just remembering to put in all his drops and medicine and doing her best to make him comfortable. She can feel helpless at times and wants so badly to make him comfortable. Having plenty of experience being taken care of as her child..... I have no doubts she will be a GREAT caretaker!!! :-)
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