Allen was suppose to have had routine cataract removal surgery in July (I know I'm a slow blogger) and by the next day his vision was 20/20. This was a Wednesday he was doing well and felt pretty good, so by Saturday morning he was ready to run, he ran about 7 miles that morning. By Tuesday of the next week he had a cloudy spot in his eye and black spots also. We back to the Dr. and they informed him he had detached his retna in his eye, and would have to have emergency surgery but we would have to to Mesa for this surgery. We went on Wednesday morning to Mesa and he had an exam by Dr. Graff. Yes he had a detached retna and they would do surgery the following morning. Because we live at a high elevation his option was to have oil put in his eye till it was healed and then another surgery to remove the oil in a few months. The worse part about this surgery is you have to hold your head down (as if saying prayers) for 24 hrs following , sleep on your stomach . This was very uncomfortable for him, but he's a trooper and kept that head bowed. Needless to say he had quite a neck ache after that 24 hr period. Also he wouldn't have hardly any vision through that eye till the oil was removed. Dr. Graff said it's like looking through a jar of salad oil. His vision was 400/20 at his post op. appointment. He will have the Oil removed the first week of October. Then they will remove the cataract in his left eye. And he won't run till they tell him he can this time.
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