Greatitudes

believe in yourself

3 Positives:
time in the studio playing with paper and glue
comfort food
a power nap

My Journey Notes:
Back in the insomnia cycle. We’re 2 nights/days in. I hope this cycle will be short-lived.

T’s first day at work post-op went about as planned. He has half a day off today to visit with the surgeon again and see if the pressures are continuing to fall. He’ll go back to campus on Friday with hopes of being able to work at the computer for a little bit of time and not completely stress his eyes out. Let’s hope the restricted to light duty note is prepped and ready for him this morning at the office and he can pick it up while he’s there… they didn’t call back for us to pick it up Tuesday afternoon when we requested it the first time and they were closed yesterday by the time T and driver were heading home from work.

Nourish you mind

3 Positives:
kind nurses
positive spirits
laughter

My Journey Notes:
The surgery for T went well. He is essentially non-seeing at the moment — his good eye is patched and of course the other eye has very limited sight… just shapes and grays for the most part. No depth perception or peripheral vision. He was willing to give the walking stick a “test” run yesterday. He does get turned around, but is doing fairly well with it. It’s hard for me not to jump in and “save” him from a missed turn, but I am waiting longer for him to ask for help. At least the walking stick has kept him from walking into a few walls. So that’s a good thing.

He does know his way around the kitchen – he found plenty of food to graze on without any trouble. 🙂 So that’s good.
We both got some sleep last night – much needed after a very long day.

make your blessings count

3 Positives:
friends and friendships
an outpouring of love and care
blessings

My Journey Notes:
Today’s the day. T’s eye surgery is scheduled for a little later this morning. We’re hoping and praying for a good outcome – He received a blessing last night. I’m grateful they remembered to ask for blessings for the surgical team. This surgery is only a stop gap and may slow down the progression for a while, but we are hoping for his vision to not to go any dimmer for a bit longer. I’m hoping for a year, but I’ll take even a month or two at this point. We updated his phone yesterday with a couple of “accessibility” helps. I have one more to do this morning while he is in surgery and I have control of his phone, as it is his lifeline for work and home. I’d hoped we could use his iPad for a few things for work, but it doesn’t fit into his pockets! LOL. Grateful we have a few days to make additional adjustments before he hopes to return to work.

I’m grateful that my memory issues haven’t declined much and that what we’re currently doing seems to be keeping things at a “pause” for the moment. VERY GRATEFUL that we can help each other in our unique ways during this time.