See That?

Mom's cataract surgery yesterday went well. Today we headed back to the doctor's office for a follow-up appointment. They gave her a nice pair of sunglasses, but as it wasn't sunny, she didn't even bother to unwrap them. The eye drop regimen continues, in fact there is scarcely an end in sight... April seems a long time away when counting eye drops. Each eye will need several weeks of drops starting a few days prior to surgery and ending several weeks after. Every time I get out the bottle Mom asks how long we have to do this...

Although the doctor already sees improved vision, Mom is still wearing her glasses to read and do her word search puzzles. Her perception of color is also better, which hopefully means she will be able to work her jigsaw puzzles more efficiently. I think she'll like that. I didn't know cataracts could so adversely affect one's ability to differentiate color. We have three weeks until the second surgery. I hope by then she will be well aware of the benefit to what right now seems to her a needless nuisance. She's still pretty sure she was seeing just fine before. Me? I'm looking forward to a mom who can once again enjoy those 1000 piece puzzles.