The Mayo Clinic.
One of the finest medical facilities in the world.
It has treated Kings, Presidents and celebrities galore. It is known around the world as the place to go when you truly need to get something fixed. It is a well oil machine that runs like clockwork and the staff is committed to turning the impossible into everyday occurrences.
So what happens when the wheels come off?
What happens when they everyday goes south?
At what point do you start to get worried.
At what point does the Mayo Clinic start to get worried?
Well...
It wasn't so much the phrase that was issued "This is not good".
It wasn't so much that that particular phrase was said four different times over two different visits.
It wasn't even that it was said by four of the top optical surgeons the Mayo Clinic has to offer.
It was the phrase that followed that sent everything into a tailspin personally and the Mayo Clinic medically.
That phrase was:
"He's not going to make it until then".
It was said at least six times during this period, but I have become numb to the phrase and don't know what to think and am just going with the flow.
First off, let me say that my life is not in jeopardy. It is not or has ever been in jeopardy with the care that I have received and I continue to receive at Mayo.
The issue is that I am once again at risk of losing my right eye,
So what is happening?
For a year or so now I have known that my right side lower eye lid has been rolling in. I have had more than a few surgeries to try to fix it. No matter how many times we have rolled the eyelid out, it rolls itself back in. This all has to do with the fact that my eyeball is not in the same place; it is lower and set back from where it was originally. This causes a gap between the lid and the surface of the eye which allows the eyelid to roll in. The plan was we would fix this once all the other surgeries were done.
Now on the outside of your eye is a outer lens of some sort that protects the main area of your eye.
My rolled in eyelid and eyelashes are rubbing against that lens and wearing it away. In my case it is on the very lower section of the white section of my right eye, If that area opens up, or that lens gets worn away, well then it is game over for the eye. I lose my right eye.
That is where I am at.
So I have run out of time. The outer lens has gotten so thin that they do not believe that it will last until my scheduled surgery on November 14th.
What do we do?
Emergency surgery will be performed on the eye tomorrow at 1PM the Mayo Clinic. They have pulled together a team of surgeons that they feel can pull this off. The goal will be to reconstruct the eyelid by taking tissue from the inside of my mouth to re-build the eyelid. Once done it should protect the lens, but I need to get to that point.
That is what tomorrow is all about.
I just wanted to let folks know...
Talk to you on the flip side.
Roger
Does anybody really know what time it is (I don't)
Does anybody really care (care about time)
If so I can't imagine why (no, no)
We've all got time enough to cry
(Does anyone really know what time it is Chicago)
