Next Step

The past month has been quite enjoyable. Bill is getting around on his own a lot more and starting to do day to day activities without the reminder and assistance from the fam...I think i even saw him do a dish or 2 the other night :) Now that the summer weather has finally arrived, Tere has been taking him to the pool for some fun and exercise. We do run out of fun activities to do with Bill so if anyone has suggestions please let us know.

On Monday, Bill had his first appointment with the eye surgeon to see what can (if anything) be done to open and correct his right eye. My mom had an interview so Traci and I took him to the VA in SF to talk with one of the eye surgeons...very interesting stuff.. I will try and break it down for y'all as best i can.

THE PROBLEM WITH BILL'S EYELID:
While extracting the tumor during the first surgery, the "third nerve" was badly damaged because the tumor was pretty much engulfing it. Damage to the third nerve enables you to be able to open your eyelid. You can still close it but not open it.

THE PROBLEM WITH BILL'S BOTTOM EYELID:
Because Bill's eye has been shut for 16 months...that's right I said 16 months, his bottom eyelid has curled in which in the long run can cause eye infections and scratching on the cornea. Not chill.

THE PROBLEM WITH BILL'S EYEBALL:
Also while extracting the tumor, other nerves and eye muscles were damaged. When we manually open Bills eye it can only go to the right and back to the center and not all the way to the left.

STEPS:
Step 1: Bill is scheduled for the bottom eyelid surgery (there are fancy names for all this but i don't remember them) August 16th. The surgeon said this operation only takes 30-45 minutes and will be very uncomfortable for about 2-3 days.

Step 2: The next surgery would be to straighten the eyeball so once the eyelid is open there will be no blurry vision.

Step 3: Upper eyelid surgery would be the final step.

No big deal right? Until then Bill, Tere, Adam, Traci and I are going to Vegas for my birthday / Bill and Tere's anniversary / summertime fun! In the meantime we all have something to look forward to! Until next time...