Phil

After over 3 years of survival in a bowl we finally got Phil in a proper tank!! He should grow larger with the bigger space, but knowing my luck he will hate the new, filtered space and go belly up! I hope not though.......he's a good fishy.

Alex redeems himself

Alex has had a rough few days. Just been plain old nasty! That makes me not happy. But the kid is KING of redeeming himself. Tonight was a prime example. I was saying his nightly prayer with him when he said this: "please bless mom at home tomorrow that the Holy Ghost will be with her while she is alone."

Yup, buddy. All is forgiven!!

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Day 6

Day 6 and my eyes are feeling SO much better! I think taking those bloody contacts out of my eyes yesterday was a huge help. The doctor also gave me some gel eye drops that helped keep my eyes moisturized though the night. Thus, I woke up with pain-free eyes! Hallelujah!! AND, my sight has been much better today. Still not where I paid $3500 for them to be, but I know they will get there.
Yippeee for eye sight!

Blurry

The advantages of PRK over Lasik? Less "invasive". Which is good for someone like me who has thin corneas and a family history of various eye diseases.

The disadvantages of PRK? EVERYTHING ELSE!!!!! The healing time is longer and more painful. Your vision is not perfect right away. Oh, and did I mention your vision is not perfect right away? As in, I cannot read the screen as I type this! Andy will have to proof-read it for me. My vision is definitely better than before the surgery (20/40 instead of 20/400), but it will also be blurry for a few weeks as my eyes recover. The doctor was right, PRK is a roller coaster ride for your eyes. Roller coasters make me wanna puke!

I imagine I will be glad I did the surgery one day. But that day isn't today. I did go in for my 5 day check-up today and everything is healing just right and they took the bandage contacts out so my eyes are finally free!! The key right now is keeping my eyeballs hydrated. Lots and lots of artificial tears.

In short, if you can, get LASIK. If you can't, talk to me before making a decision for PRK. I'll tell you all the gory details!
What's that you say? You want to WATCH my surgery? Here ya go!


(PS, the surgery was completely painless! Easiest part of all of this so far!)

PRK

These are the eye shields they have you wear to bed so you don't rub your eyes. The most annoying part is the sticky face you are left with in the morning!!

PRK

Driving home after my eye surgery. My eyes were still numb and feelin good. Nifty sunglasses, I know.