The detached retina is now attached and the surgery went well and very quickly. I just got off the phone with both my son and my husband and they too seemed surprised, pleased, but surprised, that they were home a good two hours earlier than expected.
T is in excellent health- except for the eye thing- and takes no medications but over the counter stuff on occasion. This seemed to take most of the health providers a bit aback, but his blood pressure and heart rate confirmed that he was in really good shape.
He said he started to come around about ten minutes before they were finished to mention to them that he was having a bit of trouble breathing as their set up for surgery was making it difficult for him to get enough air, there at the end. They were kind enough to ratchet up the oxygen feed in his nose, so he felt much better. Except for after it was done he was parched and drank about a liter of water and a big glass of apple juice.
Still he sounded pretty good and not too drugged up.
They go back to the doctor tomorrow morning, early, to make sure everything is still holding and in the right position.
As I thought I'd have a bit more time on my hands and sleep was pretty much out of the question til I knew everything was ok, I decided to make soup.
This actually goes back to the Pease Pudding recipe idea I had for tomorrow.
This idea is still out there but, just NOT until I find yellow split peas... and not ORANGE LENTILS.
Yes, I bought lentils instead of split peas. Duh. I'd like to blame it on worry over the eye surgery, but I think it's just me.
Well, ok, I made it with only a very few variations. The first one was I didn't measure, because, soup is soup. Meaning I used about a pound of lentils, my own homemade chicken broth cut with water (it's all jellied, so you have to cut it), 2/3 of a huge onion I had in the fridge, and black pepper. (also haven't done the croutons yet either).
I added to the recipe, 2 carrots (chopped into small pieces), one stick of celery (again chopped), about a teaspoon of celery seed, and I didn't completely liquidize the soup, I left a few bits of carrots for color and texture.
I also will add a lot of finely chopped fresh flat leafed parsley tomorrow, but it's too dark outside so I can't go get it in the garden tonight.
So all is well for now and if you decide to make it, enjoy the soup! It's really REALLY good. I will go to sleep now with a warm glow from a cup of lentil soup, and the good news that T's on the mend.
That IS good news! :-) Sleep well now that the waiting is over, full of delicious lentil soup (which sounds very like the carrot and lentil soup make).
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