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"To sing, to laugh, to dream, to walk in my own way and be alone. Free with an eye to see things as they are. To say, my soul, be satisfied with with flowers, with fruit, with weeds even, but gather them in the one garden you may call your own." ~ Cyrano Debergerac | |
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Wednesday, December 05, 2001Zebbie had his eye surgery yesterday. We got up at 5 am to get to the hospital on time. He was fine going in, they had a power wheels jeep to drive into pre-op and they let him drive into the operating room. He didn't even realize I was no longer with him. I watched him go and felt absolutely no fear. It was weird. I have had this lurking since September and have been a little scared every time I thought to much about it. I went into the waiting room, called Grady then crocheted about seven stitches and the doctor was there telling me he was done and everything was fine. They told me to stay out there until he woke and got rambunctious, probably 1/2 hour to an hour, before the anesthesia wore off a bit. I laughed and started packing up my crocheting. Sure enough the nurse came out before I had tucked it away and said I could come in now.He was very upset. He never naps or falls back asleep in the morning. He had a bandage over one eye, and an IV in the his hand. He couldn't see any thing but bright lights if I remember correctly and he was FREAKED. I kept soothing him and telling him what everything was and why he felt sleepy and couldn't see well. The stupid nurse (as opposed to all the wonderful ones) kept telling me he couldn't understand he was still sleepy. No shit sherlock but everytime I tell him it calms him down and he stops thrashing. I didn't mind repeating my self to him but I finally was pissy to her. He is my son and I know how to soothe him thank you very much. After an hour and a half he was seeing the pictures in the book I was reading to him and then three popsicles later he was ready to watercolor. We were home around 10:15 in the morning. We went to pizza hut for lunch and then had a hard time keeping him from running and "bashing" into things. He looks great today and the eye is healing quickly.
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| "For the truth is that I already know as much about my fate as I need to know. The day will come when I will die. So the only matter of consequence before me is what I will do with my allotted time. I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze." - Richard Bode, first you have to row a little boat. | |
