LASIK - the day I could see

We decided it was time to move forward, yet again, with me getting LASIK.  Emma was just shy of 9 months old and my hormones were getting themselves somewhat in check.  So I made an appointment with Dr. Edward Rashid, who I had actually seen before when finding out I was pregnant with Cash.  I trust him immensely as he is very conservative and won't do the surgery unless he feels you are truly a candidate with the potential of nothing short that excellent results.

Well....I wasn't such a great candidate this time!  UGH!  I was so upset!!  I felt sort of cheated...by time.  That didn't stop me..or him.  He said I had the vision of a 22 year old vs a 37 year old.  Well why that would be such a compliment in any other circumstances...it really didn't help me get closer to seeing without contacts/glasses.

We needed to do at least one refraction meaning get me to where my true prescription was in order to know what the correction needed to be.  This would take time....about 6 weeks total.  Not very long but when you have been in glasses/contacts since 2nd grade that is a long time to get see without them again.  That said...one could say....I had been in them that long...what's 6 more weeks.  It was the possibility that I wasn't going to end up a candidate after all that made it so long.

The verdict was in...I was a candidate!!!!  I was so excited I could barely contain myself!  Surgery date was set and I was ready to see!

Unfortunately Ben had to be out of town so my mom was going to have to take me to the surgery.
Wouldn't you know it.....that I would get sick and thought for sure if I had strep or something contagious there was no way they would do surgery.  So off I go to the urgent care to find out what I had.  It wasn't strep thank goodness...some virus I guess but not sure what.  1pm rolled around and my mom and I were headed to the surgery center while my dad stayed with the kids.

My appointment was at 2pm and the surgery would only take about 10 min each eye!  YES!  10 MINUTES!  That was just crazy to me.  I think I was there about an hour and half total.  I was given volume beforehand and for good reason...I was SUPER nervous!  The obviously numb your eyes so you feel nothing but just the thought of something coming that close to your eye or anything in your is just unnerving.

The surgery was complete and Dr. Rashid sat me up....I looked over at my mom....AND....I could see her!!!!!!!!  I was just over the moon.  Very emotional!  It seemed like fate that Ben had to be out of town and my mom had to take me.  I could have rescheduled so he could but of course I didn't want to wait as it seemed like I had waited a long time already....but I think it was more than that...more than I realized.  My mom was there the day I got glasses, in 2nd grade, and she was there the day I could see again.  It was perfect!  One of the best days of my life.....and so far there are only a handful of those!:)