LONG Couple of Weeks!

It all started late in the evening on the 26th of August, I noticed my eyes felt a little weird. Couldn't describe the feeling at the time. As the next few days progressed I started realizing I had a lot of sensitivity to light. Official diagnosis from the eye doctor was a swollen cornea along with extreme irritation. Likely caused by wearing contact lens that have too much wear and tear on them. It's been crazy, kind of painful at times too. Being outside was the worst part of it. The elements and the sunshine were not doing anything for my eyes. Well after a long two and a half weeks, which included multiple visits to the eye doctor(I lost count how many visits), I was given the ALL CLEAR today. I am FINALLY back to wearing contacts after waiting for my eyes to heal. First they had to heal then I had to deal with an unfortunate side effect from the eye drops.

When I walked out of the doctor's office late this afternoon I wanted to do cartwheels I was so happy to finally be able to see again. I could hardly wait to arrive home, scoop up my little "kids" in my arms and admire their extreme cuteness...you know since I can see them once again. I've been wearing outdated glasses while I waited for eyes to heal. I do not wear glasses much at all so I don't update them very often. This is the first time me choosing not to update my glasses in forever has haunted me. But it wasn't only the outdated glasses that were preventing me from seeing very well during this time, my eyes have been very weak due to the cornea issue.

It's been a long two and a half weeks! Brad has had to read numerous things to me these last couple weeks, like scores on the TV, the ESPN headline ticker at the bottom of the screen and subtitles in TV shows. I've also logged a significant amount of time sitting on the floor close to the TV. Watching the US Open, I had to sit on the floor near the TV if I wanted to see that little ball they were hitting on the court. LOL! It's been hard to deal with for sure! According to my eye doctor, now in the next two weeks I can enjoy noticing my vision getting better and better as my eyes get stronger thanks to the fresh set of contacts and new prescription. I can't tell you how excited I am right now. I so look forward to football tomorrow night! I'll be able to read the score all by myself! I sound like a little kid with that comment!