Breakfast Wednesday 28 August 2024

[MissMillie]

5. omelet

Kielbasa and American chsese inside.

Healthy serving of watermelon cubes on the side.

Coffee

Update on Al's eye: The tests they did yesterday indicate that the damage to his eye was probably caused by his diabetes. There isn't anything that can be done to treat the eye. However, between the eye itself and the brain, his body may "learn to compensate" for the damage to give him some recovery of the lost vision. Doctor says his chances of recovering any of the lost vision are 50-50.

He essentially had a VERY small stroke in his eye. The fact that it was a small stroke worked against him. Because the instant change in his vision was slight (and it happened at 1:30 in the morning), he waited until he got up the next day to seek attention. With a stroke in the eye, there is a 90=minute window to get medical attention, otherwise, the damage is permanent.

Moral of the story: DO NOT dismiss very sudden changes in your vision despite how minor the change is.