Monday's Findings

Hello all,

We had such a nice weekend with our family. We had dinner with Barbara on Friday night. We had a great time at Bucky and Melody's. We went to a lovely little place in Evanston for breakfast on Saturday, went to Target, took a nap in the afternoon and went to dinner and a movie Saturday night. We then went to John's sisters yesterday and spent the day. We left early this morning and went to St. Louis for John's eye appointment. We got a little lost in St. Louis, but finally figured it out. I seem to know my way around Chicago much better than I do St. Louis, but what can I say?

Dr. Gable finally took the stitches out of John's eye. They have been in there since before Christmas so John was so glad to get them out. His eye looks pretty good to me. The stitches had rubbed the cornea somewhat and he has a red blotch that I think the stitches had also rubbed. Dr. Gable said the cornea has a thin place in it which isn't good, but he is hopeful that this surgery next week will help. He really believes, as do we, that this is the best option. Dr. Gable thought the eye looked good other than that. We had several questions for him in regard to the surgery and the healing process and he appeared to be pretty impressed that we had done some research. John told the doctor that he probably thought we were silly to ask so many questions and he said he did not. He said most people wouldn't care enough to ask questions or find out more information. John still has to tape the eye at night but, hopefully, after the eye has healed from the surgery he won't have to do that anymore. The surgery is next Tuesday, February 9 at 9:00 at Crossroads in Mt. Vernon.

Thanks again to all of you who continue to follow. Again, we so appreciate your caring, compassionate support.

Love you all,

John and Cathy