simon's post-op

First, I offer my deep thanks to all of Simon's well-wishers for the support and healing vibes!

So...here's what we left the hospital with on Thursday afternoon:
-four eye drops, two eye ointments, two pills, one ear drops divided over six different dosing times a day,
-one sweet puppy patient with a beastly plastic cone around his head.
We have been back to the Doc for a recheck everyday, today being an emergency.
The eye that got the laser surgery to preserve what little sight he had is not cooperating. With the complexities of glaucoma, the recovery from the surgery is like a shell game of which symptom do we treat without complicating something else. Lordy lordy, I cannot even go into detail, but suffice to say it is confusing and exhausting. Simon rests in about three hour intervals broken by pee breaks. The steroids make pee urgency a real priority. It's like having a newborn- no sleep for us but for a couple hours at best,  sleeping one eye open and one ear listening for any disturbance. Just organizing his meds requires a spread sheet and my cell phone set on an alarm to go off five times during the day. I am approaching overwhelm.

Thank God Simon is so easy. He is the perfect patient. Puts up no resistance when I am administering all those drops and ointments and pills. He doesn't seem to be in much discomfort, but he is a pretty stoic little guy. I am truly afraid that after all this he is going to lose the sight in that left eye after all. But I won't dwell on that right now...Keep Calm and Carry On, as the Queen says.

I was supposed to be flying to Kansas City today to visit my 86 and 90 year old parents and other family for a quick holiday visit. Needless to say, I'm NOT.  I was able to reschedule my trip for January (I love you, Southwest Airlines!) and I am putting in an order for perfect weather now.

Sorry to be a little glum today, but I am sleep deprived, in need of a shower and tapped-out emotionally.
One step at a time. Workable.

 I would so love a martini, I but need to keep my wits on my 24hr shift.