I know fall doesn't officially start until September 22nd, but here at our house it starts September 1st! Here's what I've done so far. Not much, but it has been a busy this week and of course dealing with my whole eye issue has me a little stressed out.
As soon as it cools down a little that wall is getting painted. Tired of the Autumn Russet color. It's not a big wall to paint so it shouldn't take that long.
SO....on to some more HAPPY NEWS! While I was driving home from work today my cell phone rang. I've had my cell glued to me all day hoping to hear from my Optic Neurologist. I pulled over and we talked for 25 minutes. He told me that my MRI was normal. No sign of tumors, bad matter or lesions. My blood work was all fine. I simply have Optic Neuritis. Which again is, inflammation of the optic nerves behind eye (my right eye only). Normally your vision will return after about a week and could take longer (like 6 months!). Mine is a little difference since I have no vision right now. He said people who lose total vision have a high chance of their vision not returning. I could get it all back, a little back or none. I'll take any back. If I don't get it back, I CAN live with that. I am SOOOO happy to be alive. I'll be honest...I've had myself dead a buried about 10 times this week. It's only natural for those thoughts to enter your mind (or maybe that's just me). Either way, they did. I'm not gonna lie, it's been hell! Dave is worried & stressed. I had my dad take me to all my appointments because I really wanted my dad to be with me and I wanted Dave to take care of Robert. Dave doesn't even know the results yet. He's still up in the air somewhere. He should be landing soon. I CAN"T WAIT to tell him! We did not let Robert know all the details. I did not want him stressed out at all. He needs to focus on school and football and just being 14 yrs. old. So back to my phone call with my doctor. He wants to see me next week and look at my eye again. Also, to discuss some options I can take (like 3 days of steroid IV in the hospital) so that my vision returns quicker. He'll tell me all the side effects of having that done. I'll most likely not go that route unless he really recommends I do. So that's my happy news. I know this is a very long paragraph that just went on and on, but I don't care. I'm happy and I am going to have a very happy weekend and I hope anyone who reads this has a happy weekend too!
Thanks for the cards, thoughts, prayers and phone calls. I love you all!