LASIK

After much thought, I decided to have LASIK surgery. I've worn contacts or glasses since I was 15 years old-half my life! I had a few appointments and screenings, asked a lot of questions of doctors, and friends who had the surgery recently. I also talked to my dad who had the surgery several years ago and still loves it. I was pretty nervous going in, but had a priesthood blessing the night before, and thought, "I can do anything for 15 minutes". And that's all the actual surgery took! Admittedly, it was probably the strangest 15 minutes of my life-between the eye patch for the eye they weren't working on, the Valium, and the light I was supposed to be concentrating on the words alien abduction come to mind, but it was totally worth it! When I got up from the chair I could see things across the room clearer than I had in years. I woke up the next day and drove myself to my follow-up appointment, where I was informed I now see 20/15! I think my left eye had been about 20/200. What a difference! I do have the lovely blood spots pictured below, which I find a little creepy, but they say my eyes will clear up in 2-4 weeks.

I also have these awesome goggles that I get to wear to bed so I don't inadvertently rub my eyes or dis-place the flap. Good thing I live alone:)

In other news, Gus has decided that I'm not so big and scary as he first thought I was. In fact, he's started getting much bolder than he ever has. I've added a few pictures so y'all can see how cute he is!

 

Progress!

Guatemala three-Patients

I know it's been a while since my last Guatemala post. Life is busy! This post is a collection of pictures of some of the patients we saw at clinic.

These two little boys complained about their ears hurting-Wendy worked her magic with an ear curette and pulled out giant gobs of ear wax. They wanted to take the earwax home with them.

I spent a lot of time in triage, especially at the beginning of the trip, so I had the opportunity to see a lot of people. I love the character in the faces that follow-these people are wonderful. They are humble, kind, and work harder for their living than most Americans have ever thought about working. It was such a blessing to be around them, and to know that I was part of a group that was helping.

I wish I had a picture of these two standing next to each other. I think that if there were two of this lady standing on each others shoulders they wouldn't add up to Kade's height!

These women were patiently waiting to see our gynecologist. Many of our patients waited for hours without complaint.

This little boy was quite happy to have been seen by an American doctor...he gave both Amy and me kisses before he left with his mother.