October 25, 2012
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The Beast And His Eye Surgery...Part 2
TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM
Baron was haunting the front door. I tried to entice him outside so he could do his duty but he wouldn't budge. His *man* was gone and I believe Baron knew it wasn't for any of the usual things. I swear, he knew that it was something serious.
Baron was suddenly on his feet and running back and forth, looking out the window on the door. He started it about 5 minutes before our car turned into the drive. The Beast's friend from church was driving. I discovered that when I was thinking about driving down to Walmart. I mean that our *around town* car (mine) was gone. When I realized that Jeffrey was reading the Beast his post-operative instructions in the car, I opened the door and Baron came out with me...he ran down the stairs, found a tree and relieved himself finally.
I discovered the Beast couldn't really see anything but Baron had run up to him and bounced his nose off his man's leg (no jumping
). It made me sure he knew something serious was up. When the Beast heard my voice, he yelled to me...*Do you know that Baron is out?* I shook my head from side to side, not as a *no* but because he made it sound like I was an idiot. I yelled back to him, *Yes. He came out with ME when I came outside.* He shut up.
The Beast had his dark sunglasses on that also cover the side of the face so his peripheral vision is protected so I didn't see his actual eye until he got in the house. Jeffrey handed me the bag from Walmart where the Beast had stopped to fill his prescription and grab a few other things he needed from that area. He also added a bag of candy corn and some chocolate candy. Figures. He's got such a sweet tooth!
When he took off his sunglasses, I was shocked. As far as I knew, he was having just the lower lid on one eye fixed. What did I get? Both his eyes were done. The folds on his upper lids are gone and the bag underneath both eyes are gone. He looks like Frankenstein and tells me had can't see more than a sliver and that's just one eye. His eyes are so swollen, it puts me in mind of the way a chameleon's eyes look.
When he had asked Jeffrey what he looked like when he got out of recovery, he was told, *Well, let me put it this way. You won't need a costume for Halloween.* ROFLMAO!
His instructions are actually simple: Keep head elevated for 24-48 hours. Use ice pack (they provided one that's designed for the eyes) 20 minutes ON, 20 minutes off. You can use it longer than 20 minutes if necessary.
Necessary? What the hell does that mean, huh? For pain, swelling...they don't say WHAT determines if it needs more time.
The stitches are dissolving so he can't get water on them. He's supposed to gently wash his face with a wet rag. He's got erithromyacin drops to apply on the eyes 3 times a day. He can't take any aspirin or blood thinners for four days. I can understand that part since his eyes (you put a gauze pad on the eyes before applying the ice pack) are still showing blood on the gauze. For pain, he's only supposed to use Advil or Tylenol. He grabbed Tylenol. I would have picked Advil but, hey! that's ME.
So Chewlee will be shocked when she gets here and sees him. She knew he was going to the doctor today but it looks like he was in some terrible accident and it will probably scare the hell out of her. I already told the Beast that with what was done to him, I could now tell everyone that he had plastic surgery.
I'm sorry but that's just what it looks like to me.
Love you all. He hasn't started his moaning and groaning yet but he hasn't gotten all the anesthesia out of his system yet. Only time will reveal his TRUE nature. More later.
Comments (3)
Well....on the bright side you can shoot him the bird from 5 feet away and he won't know.
The mocking opportunities are endless, at least for a couple of days. Recliner sleeping for several days should keep the swelling down.
Tylenol would actually be better. Advil/Motrin can cause extra bleeding, it's in the same class of drugs as aspirin.
Thanks for the info Fiona. He is taking the Tylenol. Glad I didn't get Advil because he's supposed to avoid blood thinners of any kind for the next four days (until he sees the doctor on Monday). And the mocking IS going on. Even Chewlee won't walk past him unless I hold her hand. She won't look at him because (as she told him) he's scary looking!
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