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Well, I know everyone on here has heard me tell about how my dad is legally blind. Well.... now he's 20/70 in his R eye!!!!!! He's got several more surgeries ahead of him, probably 3 or 4, but we are moving in a forward diection. He just told me that he can use the microwave again. He almost set the darn thing on fire a while back. He is able to tell what the food he eating is too, he wasn't able to figure out what packages were what and out of stubborn pride would not learn braile. I used textured tape and stuff. A lot of the things blind people might use was hard for him due to his hands and arms being the way they are. Now on to tell my ugly doctor office stuff. When we went to the eye doctor she said his R eye was hemoraging and both had huge cataracts (I am the queen of second opinions, and she was the THIRD opinion in 2 states) She couldn't tell if the L eye was hemoraging due to the huge cataract that no one besides her had even mentioned needing taken out. The doc wanted it done asap, and the scheduler started slamming down his chart(of course while the doc wasn't around) and said she would have to "dump" someone else off the schedule to make a spot for my dad. She said it wasn't fair, and I told her that his eye was actively hemoraging and if the doctor felt it needed to be done soon than it must be pretty important. I got the extreme feeling that we were not going to be having surgery any time soon, as she mentioned the month of may, and she asked for our cell numbers to tell us when she could fit him in. I went down the hall, found the doctor in her office, and let loose. I told her how grateful we were for all she was doing, but I couldn't believe how we were being treated. The supervisor made the witch come in and told her she was to apologize to us immediately, and she did. They offered me to take the complaint higher, but I refused. He had surgery within a week and a half. His next two are now scheduled for 4/5, 4/12. He has to have a viterectomy(sp) and laser stuff to stop the bleeding. That woman had me in tears, but I am so glad I took charge. My poor dad was just sitting there saying please, I would appreciate anything you can do to help me while she's throwing stuff and ranting. Anyway, it's over and she calls all the time about his appts and is nice as pie. Thanks for everyone's kind thoughts. I'll sleep peacefully tonight knowing my dad won't be trying to gargle with his cologne instead of mouthwash. My daddy can see, and God is so good. By the way, Dr Flores and Dr. Wood at Meyer eye clinic in Memphis TN are absolute angels. This is not the first time they have helped him with his vision when everyone else said there was nothing that could be done.
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03-23-2006 09:13 PM
