We're off to the scalpel!
I'll be spending the better part of today in the waiting room at University Hospital while GWH undergoes a cornea transplant.
He has a disease called Keratoconus. Which basically means he has the cornea of a circus freak. That sucker sticks way out. Needless to say, he's beyond the point of contact lenses and such, so the last and final fix is a cornea transplant. (If you're one of those people that loves to see the blood and gore, there are pictures of the actual procedure on this page. Don't say I didn't tell you it was EW.
The interesting thing about a cornea transplant, is that while an organ, they can store them. So, we didn't have to actually wait for someone to die, they've already done it and the cornea is there waiting.
We don't know who the donor is, but I like to think he's getting a dead old lady eye. We've decided we will call it Ethel.
So, we're off soon. Then he's home for a week. So, prepare for me to be driven crazy. :)
He has a disease called Keratoconus. Which basically means he has the cornea of a circus freak. That sucker sticks way out. Needless to say, he's beyond the point of contact lenses and such, so the last and final fix is a cornea transplant. (If you're one of those people that loves to see the blood and gore, there are pictures of the actual procedure on this page. Don't say I didn't tell you it was EW.
The interesting thing about a cornea transplant, is that while an organ, they can store them. So, we didn't have to actually wait for someone to die, they've already done it and the cornea is there waiting.
We don't know who the donor is, but I like to think he's getting a dead old lady eye. We've decided we will call it Ethel.
So, we're off soon. Then he's home for a week. So, prepare for me to be driven crazy. :)
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