Back At It Again

Hello all,

Today was a better day. We had quite a bit of company this morning, but John really enjoys visiting with people. His brothers, Gabe and James were here and our sister-in-law, Mary and niece Tammy came. We all visited for quite a while.

Yesterday he had this eye thing happen to him and it happened again today, so we thought it best to call the doctor at Loyola. The nurse said it sounded like a migraine and there were such things as ocular migraines which we'd never heard of. She said we might want to go to a doctor just to make sure everything was okay. John has a lot of faith in the eye doctor at Marion Eye Center here in McLeansboro and they were kind enough to work us in. She did a very thorough exam and said everything looked fine in his good and the cornea was very dry in the bad eye, but there was no infection. She said he had a stye and gave him a couple of antibiotic prescriptions, but thought he was doing the right things. She was going to send his results to the doctor at Loyola so he would know what she had recommended. She also said the exact same thing about the migraine and that it is not unusual for those to occur after a major surgery. She said she hoped those would lessen in severity and frequency soon.

He was able to go to therapy today. He said he got to play soccer and had to keep a balloon up. He said it was a lot of fun. He also had to put tiny pegs into holes for occupational therapy. He said the hardest thing for him to do is to sign his name with his right hand. He is trying to do everything with his right hand now which is difficult because he has taught himself to use his left. In speech he tried to strengthen his face, work on pronunciation and sang. He seemed to enjoy it, but it really wears him out.

Tonight Cejae stopped by and Mike Pritchett came and visited. Tomorrow his friend Lee Craddock and Joann are going to stop by on their way back to Kentucky. He doesn't have therapy tomorrow.

He is so independent which is a good thing, but he doesn't always listen to me. I love that he wants to get stronger and do things for himself, but occasionally I think I know what's best. And, go figure, he believes he knows what's best. Hmmm . . . a battle of the wills. We'll have to see how this goes.

Well, I hope you all have a good night's sleep. We will try to let you know what's happening tomorrow. Thanks for continuing to read.

Love,

John and Cathy