Well, the day finally arrived that Jaime has been asking for, I got her new baking station built to her specifications, and installed in the bare area in the kitchen for her. I think it looks pretty darn good myself, however Jaime can’t really see it yet herself.

I took her in to see an eye doctor this morning first thing, after her eyes being irritated a good part of the day yesterday, and the first words out of her mouth this morning were “Will, I can’t see, I’m blind…“.

Seems she somehow got an infection which caused cornea ulceration in her right eye. The doc says we caught it fast, and gave her some antibiotic eye drops to put in her eye every 15 minutes all day, and every 30 minutes all night tonight. I am already resigned to being the one to stay awake all night and just wake her when it is time to use her drops again. Poor girls been thru enough as it is without having to stay awake the full night to boot.

We have an appointment back there with a surgeon in the morning and if it hasn’t got better by then, he will be taking a culture and having it sent out to determine what the exact cause is so they can better treat it. This is something that could end up in her losing her sight in that eye, so we are paying heed to every word the docs say.

While looking up as much information as I could find on this particular ailment, I ran across the WikiPedia article on it, which states It is a common condition in humans particularly in the tropics and the agrarian societies. You can read the article by following the link. (article link)

Update (May 14): Jaime went to see the surgeon today, the doctor flat out said this was the worst corneal infection he had seen in 20 years.

They took a culture, prescribed 2 new drugs which had to be mixed in such a way the closest place to get it was in Indiana, one and a half hours drive away, so we spent the rest of the day visiting a pharmacy and compounding specialist in New Albany, IN.

Jaime has another appt. with a specialist tomorrow morning, also in New Albany, IN. We were told if this did not work, she will likely lose all vision in that eye. Will keep you all updated.

Update (May 15): Jaime saw the cornea specialist today. Good news, the new drugs he has her dropping in her eye is working. The white film that completely covered her cornea is just about gone now, and he says there are new cells being generated in the cornea already. She should get back at least partial vision in that eye. She sees him again tuesday for another exam. The swelling around her eyes has gone down enough now that she can finally see out of the left eye normally.

Anyway, here are some pics of her new baking station, She was thrilled when she could finally see it and I hope you all like them as well.

God bless.

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