Yesterday was John's one-month, post eye surgery appointment with Dr. Gable. The doctor said everything looks really good and is healing just as it should. He told John he didn't have to wear the eye shield to sleep in anymore. He said it starts really red and raw-looking, then gets better, then gets red again and then again gets better. He said he had dissolvable stitches in the eye and those should all be gone by next month. He said John's surgery was the first he had ever done where he used absolutely no anesthesia. Wow! Who knew? I guess John feels nothing at all. John said he wished he had known that and he would have messed with the doctor and said, "Ow!" in the middle of the surgery. Anyway, he is to continue using the steroid eye ointment and doesn't have to see Dr. Gable again until next month. Again, we are so grateful for all that God has done and continues to do. God bless you all for continuing to be supportive and caring.
Love,
John and Cathy
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Last Trip to Chicago for Awhile! Yahoo!
Good evening all,
John, Cejae and I drove up to Chicago yesterday; John had a follow-up appointment today with Dr. Anderson, the neurosurgeon. John had an MRI done in December as a baseline for the doctor to look at post-surgery. We had not gotten the results of that, until today. Dr. Anderson said he saw no signs of the tumor at this time and we don't have to go back for a year. He showed us the MRI of the tumor before the surgery and the one after. We're not always sure what we are looking at, but as long as he sees no tumor, we are so thankful. He said John was doing well and he thought would continue to improve for up to 18 months. Praise God! It is such a miracle to know where John started and see where he is now.
His eye seems to improve daily. He still doesn't see well, but it looks better from the outside.
The doctor asked John how his swallowing was doing and John told him it was much improved. The doctor said it didn't look like John was losing any weight and, of course, Cejae and I laughed because it doesn't appear that any of us are losing weight. The doctor said, "Oh, I didn't mean it like that." And we knew that, but found it to be an amusing moment anyway.
The doctor also commented on how good John's attitude is and said that is such a big part of it. He really does have a great attitude. He is willing to try whatever they tell him to do. He does his exercises every morning. He does most of the laundry, a lot of the cooking and usually does the dishes. What a huge help for me. He has cleaned out most of the cabinets and does the sweeping. God took a good man and turned him into a great, Godly man. We never know how things are going to turn out or how people are going to react to them, even people we know well. But, in this case, it seems to have been a great thing. There used to be a man in my Sunday School class that said adversity makes us "better or bitter." John is definitely better and gives God the glory.
Again, we are so blessed to have such great friends and family that support and pray for us. Thank you again to all of you for your continued caring. We still get cards almost weekly.
We may not have much to report in the next few weeks, but thank you all for following and I will try to blog if there's anything at all going on.
Love you all,
John, Cathy and Family
John, Cejae and I drove up to Chicago yesterday; John had a follow-up appointment today with Dr. Anderson, the neurosurgeon. John had an MRI done in December as a baseline for the doctor to look at post-surgery. We had not gotten the results of that, until today. Dr. Anderson said he saw no signs of the tumor at this time and we don't have to go back for a year. He showed us the MRI of the tumor before the surgery and the one after. We're not always sure what we are looking at, but as long as he sees no tumor, we are so thankful. He said John was doing well and he thought would continue to improve for up to 18 months. Praise God! It is such a miracle to know where John started and see where he is now.
His eye seems to improve daily. He still doesn't see well, but it looks better from the outside.
The doctor asked John how his swallowing was doing and John told him it was much improved. The doctor said it didn't look like John was losing any weight and, of course, Cejae and I laughed because it doesn't appear that any of us are losing weight. The doctor said, "Oh, I didn't mean it like that." And we knew that, but found it to be an amusing moment anyway.
The doctor also commented on how good John's attitude is and said that is such a big part of it. He really does have a great attitude. He is willing to try whatever they tell him to do. He does his exercises every morning. He does most of the laundry, a lot of the cooking and usually does the dishes. What a huge help for me. He has cleaned out most of the cabinets and does the sweeping. God took a good man and turned him into a great, Godly man. We never know how things are going to turn out or how people are going to react to them, even people we know well. But, in this case, it seems to have been a great thing. There used to be a man in my Sunday School class that said adversity makes us "better or bitter." John is definitely better and gives God the glory.
Again, we are so blessed to have such great friends and family that support and pray for us. Thank you again to all of you for your continued caring. We still get cards almost weekly.
We may not have much to report in the next few weeks, but thank you all for following and I will try to blog if there's anything at all going on.
Love you all,
John, Cathy and Family
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Post-Surgery
Howdy everybody,
Van took John to Dr. Hurst today and he took off the patch. It looks pretty rough, but not as bad all around as I thought it would. He doesn't see hardly anything at all out of it. Dr. Hurst said there was no infection. Dr. Hurst didn't know exactly what it was supposed to look like but hopes it will look better in a couple of weeks. He goes back to see Dr. Hurst in two weeks and sees Dr. Gabel again in a month. Hopefully, this will really help his eye.
Thanks again for reading and your continued concern and prayers.
Love,
John and Cathy
Van took John to Dr. Hurst today and he took off the patch. It looks pretty rough, but not as bad all around as I thought it would. He doesn't see hardly anything at all out of it. Dr. Hurst said there was no infection. Dr. Hurst didn't know exactly what it was supposed to look like but hopes it will look better in a couple of weeks. He goes back to see Dr. Hurst in two weeks and sees Dr. Gabel again in a month. Hopefully, this will really help his eye.
Thanks again for reading and your continued concern and prayers.
Love,
John and Cathy
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