As Shiloh'n Shasta would say - WOWZERZ WOW WOW!

 Ok, first of all, I must take a minute to thank my wonderful Beaglebratz for the nice post wishing me a happy birthday.  Then I need to thank all of you who left me happy birthday wishes.

NOW for the REALLY GREAT NEWS-

today was another follow-up appt. with my cornea specialist who has got to be

one of the smartest and great eye docs around.

Remember last week my new cornea transplant

was NOT healing-

vision improving and no signs of rejection BUT

just not healing.

Well, thanks to all the prayers here

and the method of treatment my eye doc

used to try to resolve that problem-

TOTALLY HEALED!

Now I am not the least naive when it comes to 

the health of that eye-

I know that does not mean there will never be a problem again-

however at least my eye doc is taking

preventive steps to at least try to keep this healthy at least for awhile.

For now he is continuing the use of that bandage contact lense plus he will see me 

next week when he is here in Topeka.

I am feeling better about that-

I hate being put off to more infrequent doc visits when I know I have an eye condition that needs a tad more attention-

at least for awhile.

Sis'n I were gone most of the day today so we did a little shopping in Overland Park.

I had a couple of tater tots that found their way bak to my kitchen so I flattened them out a bit

then melted a bit of cheese on them and 

added them to the 

dogs kibble after they cooled-

between that and 

their late evening treats I

hope that helped Shiloh'n Shasta feel better

a little after leaving them most of the day.

Ok, bedtime for us all here-

more later sometime.

Kim, Shiloh'n Shasta

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

We Beaglebratz r givin'our mom a break frum her uzual Mom On Monday post->
she iz du-in'that stuff tu our livin'room tu git it lookin'all purty an'Christmasy tuday an'we

r du'in our most furry best tu stoopervize->

 She iz takin'a break rite now so 

we d-sided we NEEDED tu 

take a break frum our laboreeus an'teedius werk of stoopervizing the dekoratin'an

stop by tu 

wish our mom a 

super HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 
Shiloh'n Shasta

Cornea Transplants - not jst bad off and good on (from mom)

Ok, well this past Wednesday when I left my specialist's office, I had learned further info of what is exactly involved in the entire process of a cornea transplant - I fuess that info maybe was explained to me years ago ( after all, this was my fourth time) actually I probably should have known but in the whole process maybe I forgot that part.  

I guess I always thought that even tho it is a intricate surgery, it just involved taking my old bad cornea out and then putting in the donor tissue then of couse there was always the possibility of the new cornea being rejected but  as of now rejection is not the issue with me - no, that is a relatively easy problem to take care compared to the issue I am dealing with now altho it too is nothing new to me'  my vision has improved and as I said, no signs of rejection of the new cornea however after the new cornea is put in place, I still had to regrow my own tissue to cover the donor cornea - when the specialist examined my eye, this regrowth had yet to begin - I did not realize this was suppose to happen but once I knew then I was not really surprised because I know how slow that area heals for me.  As a result I am now wearing that bandage contact lense  again - the one I can see thru but has no power in it.  It helped a bit - for my piece of mind - to know that my specialist was not surprised this happened.  So now I am bak to waiting - I go bak to the specialist next Wednesday, 12/7 so I hope I will know more then - especiall since I am set to go bak to work on 12/12.

We are all doing well otherwise - just trying to stay warm.  May get a little freezing rain this weekend.
Kim, Shiloh'n Shasta

HEY - HEY - The gang's all here

SHILOH'n SHASTA HERE!

This iza pik of us that mom took when it wuz warm an'sunny out - NOT like tuday - it iz sunny BUTT NOT warm at all!

WELL, our daze r not like they were YET BUTT they iz gittin'there.  Mom iz able tu c better BUTT it iz still gittin'all better - she sez it takez sum time - so may-b we need tu git her one of thoze time-tellin'thingz she haz on the wall.


One of mom'z nik-namez she gave us a while ago wuz Snugglebuddiez - well we (the Beaglebratz)
haf d-sided that she makez a purty good Snugglebuddy tu so we r gonna give her that nik-name tu.


Ok - this post iz kinda short (we herd mom say it iz short like us - she better watch it or we iz gonna stop bein'her Snugglebuddiez) - mom haz an errand tu du later tuday an'she turnz off the 'puter when she leavez (we really du NEED tu git our own - one of thoze kind that we can take with us).  We hope we kin git bak here REEL fast.

Shasta'n Shiloh

REBIRTH ???????????

I have been wanting to get bak here soooooooooooo bad but it seemed like there was always something that stoped me and now my 'puter is making a whirring sound AGAIN so today may be a little shorter than I want AND now the sound has stopped so who knows what is going on.  And now I just heard the 10 minute warning bell on the clothes dryer so will be interrupted for that - at least the Beaglebratz have already been out a couple of times so at least they will let me alone for a bit.  Have a pot of meaty turkey bones simmering away on the stove - smells so yummy in here.

Yes, the surgery did go off without a hitch and in fact the whole process of getting there and bak went better than what my sis and I both expected - the week before I had received some pre-op and check-in paper work from the surgery center telling me to be there anytime between 1 and 3pm but then the day before surgery they call and tell me to be there by 1:20pm - yes, that is between 1 and 3 but just turned out to be earlier than what we planned.  But actually, we were in their parking lot by 1pm - and I was checked in shortly after.  It was probably because of the Thanksgiving holiday and people not wanting their cataract or LASIK surgery so close to the holiday, it was less than 10 minutes later that I was called bak to the pre-op area. Ok so figure I went into surgery probably about 2pm - by the time I got through surgery and post-op recovery and discharge instructions then my sis and I got a bite to eat on the way home - I was in my kitchen before 5pm - considering last time we had to wait over 2 hours BEFORE I even had surgery, we were quite happy with the day.  Even tho my eye was patched shut and since I am blind in my other meaning I was totally blind I still was able to stay home that nite - and yes, the dogs were extremely happy I was there.  Luckily the next morning I was allowed to remove that patch so I was able to see a bit before my sis and I had to head bak to Overland Park, Kansas for my first follow-up visit - my next one will be this Wednesday, 11/30.


Ok - yes, I am seeing better BUT it is not completely healed yet plus there are sutures to be removed.  I was really glad when I was able to read for myself the post-op instructions that also said that my vision will be blurry for a bit and the vision will fluctuate for awhile (but I also know from previous experiences that those fluctuations will eventually become further apart.)  Also the variety of eyedrops plus the ointment I have to use mess up my vision a bit too but that will also get less and less too.


Yes, on Thanksgiving this year, I had something very special to be thankful for as I will for some time - who knows, maybe with all the "omens" of my divine intervention (see the post before) and the good luck on surgery day plus getting bak to church when we did, maybe they will all bring extra good luck then add alot of prayers and this cornea transplant will remain a good one for several years to come - unlike the last one.


Right now. I need to stop for now.  I hope the next post you see will be from the Beaglebratz - I know they are quite anxious to get bak on here but they understand too that mom has to take things a little slow for a few days and they want to be as helpful to me as they can (so why did they get loose yesterday when they had the opportunity to sneek out the door but I will let them talk about that more IF they want to).
In the meantime, I know this is late but
hope everyone had a wonderful and

SHILOH'N SHASTA

MOM KIM