Thursday, November 10, 2011

Big derailment - medical issues

After a month of Jewish holidays/feasts, and a month of big birthday bashes, I was looking forward to getting back to work, back to normal and getting even fitter in preparation for the Bat Mitzvah in Israel. Right. We plan and G-d laughs. On the morning of the very last Jewish holiday, hubby mentions that he has been seeing floaters in his eye. Hundreds of them. I told him it was an emergency because it could be a retina problem, and off we went to the opthamologist. She confirmed he had a couple of big retina tears, and sent us over to the hospital. Eye got lasered, and we thought that was that. Unfortunately, it wasn't. He had to have 2 more invasive surgeries, and will likely need yet another one this week. The recovery is brutal, as he cannot work and needs to spend most of his time face-down. Needless to say, there is a great deal of stress. We cope better some days than others. I appreciate the support we've gotten from friends and family.