Dec 20-23 Blurry Eye,,Taylor Christmas, Neck Good

My left eye is taking longer to heal and clear up. It is getting better every day but I expected much quicker heal times..Now I understand why they wait between eyes.Anyway it has been a busy few days. On Saturday we had the Taylor Christmas. We had a good time visiting and our two new additions (Tillley and Nate) did very well.They were both happy baby's.That evening we went to a baby shower/graduation party for one our friends daughter. She is due in January and graduated from University of Houston this month.Sunday morning we went to Tilly's confirmation. As soon as that was over we headed to Bryan to have Christmas with Peyton. They were not able to make the Taylor Christmas. Peyton has grown so much since we have seen him in Sept. He had a fun time pulling all the paper out of the bags. He has lots of new toys to play with now. We stayed a couple of hrs and headed home. A very long day. Monday morning I went to my spine dr. They took xrays and said I was healed and no more restrictions. That was good news.Now I can finish getting the trailer ready to roll.

Dec 6-19 Recuperating

I felt pretty good the first week after surgery. I took things very easy and didn't do much at all. It sure was nice to get that horse collar off.  It made it much easier to sleep. By the 10th I felt like I could do anything but I didn't as my Dr said wait until we get xrays and see if the fusion is healing properly.I do that on the 22. Since I couldn't use the ranger yet and hunt in my tree climbers I decided to go get the trailer and bring it home. That way I could start cleaning and repacking at a slow pace. I had previously before surgery loaded and packed the trailer so I could just hook up and go. That was a good move. On the 11th I mowed the yard, I had to go very slow to keep from jarring my neck but it worked well. I managed to wash the trailer and get all my compartments repacked and ready for our travels.On the 14th my great niece Tilley flew in from Switzerland to visit for Christmas. She is 12 weeks old now, oh she also brought her parents Kelly and Jan with her. My other great nephew Nate( 6 weeks old) also brought his Mom( Abby) to visit. They are all staying at the new grandparents Greg and Pam. We went and visited for awhile Both baby's were good and glad to see us. I am really feeling good now and its hard to just sit around not doing much.On the 15th I started my eye drop regimen for my left cataract surgery. 2 types of eye drops 3 times a day and 1 other type once a day. I do this until the 18 when my surgery is. Susan has been sewing for the last couple of weeks getting things done for Christmas. Now she has to start wrapping gifts. On the 16th Kevin and Jen came over and Jen helped Susan wrap Christmas gifts. That night we went to watch Ashley's Christmas school program.  On the 18th I had cataract surgery on my left eye. It went well. When I got up Friday morning my left eye was pretty blurry. They said it could be blurry for a couple o f days. I didn't have this issue with my right eye. The  eye doctor  said and  my eye was normal and doing good. He said my right eye experience was awesome and doesn't happen very often. I liked the first time much better. It was a nasty day to be on the road.  We ended up with 5 inches of rain. I will be so glad when all this recuperating is done. Getting cabin fever and ready to do something.

It was ugly

Getting it clean

Ashleys Program

My little ragdoll   Ashley

Sammis program  (top row waving)

Susan and Nate

Granny and Tilly

Abby Nate Tilly Pam

NOV 24- DEC 5 NECK SURGERY AND HOME

I spent a few days at the deer lease trying  out my new eye and it worked well. I took out the right lens on some old  glasses so my eyes could be a closer match. The right one is still much better on long distance. For the first time in years I could   use open sights on a rifle. I actually saw a few deer but didn't shoot anything. When I left last Sunday  I pretty much packed up and have the trailer ready to pull out. I figured my restriction's after surgery may keep me from hunting for awhile. We got to the hospital  at 6:00 am on Wednesday morning. I was first up for surgery.Everything went well and I was in my room by 11:00.  As soon as they rolled me into my room I went for a walk. My pain level was so minimal, just a sore throat  where they cut my throat and moved some things around to do the graft,plates and screws on C5-C6.I never had to use my pain pump at all. My biggest problem was blood sugar and  blood pressure. They didn't let me take any  of my meds before surgery. I ate lots of ice cream and Popsicles for my throat. For supper I had shrimp fettuccine and then pecan pie.  Yep lots of carbs, but I didn't know that during the night they were going to put me on a steroid drip. Boy did my sugar go high then and so did my blood pressure.. I got no sleep at the hospital due to the horse collar I had to wear and all iv and drain lines hooked up to me. It was a pain getting up and walking around. Anyway they let me out Thursday and I am back home. I have to wear the horse collar for 48 hrs and then throw it away. I got a good nights sleep last night. I am just going to take it easy for awhile and then do my left eye cataract surgery on Dec 18. Probably will not do another blog till then.

My new glass design

 My last hunt in a tree climber this year

My neckwear