I can’t believe it’s nearly 2 weeks since the graft! The weekend was lovely and I felt so so much better than the weekend before. It’s only when you feel better that you can appreciate it and think how you weren’t feeling great before. Looking back I was a bit of an emotional wreck the weekend before and was crying for no reason – that was definitely the stress of the op catching up with me, plus a lot of tiredness I think! This weekend was great though and I managed to have a normal weekend, and went to the pub for lunch on both Saturday and Sunday – things are definitely getting back to normal! My eye is still a little bloodshot in the corner but other than that its looking good nad Rich says its less swollen. I can also by outside now or near to the open windows without glasses on. On Sunday night I decided to sleep without my eye shield – although Mr Larkin told me last week at follow up I didnt have to wear it anymore I did keep putting it on at night as my eye felt safer with it on as I was worried about knocking it in my sleep. I’ve slept without it the last 2 nights though and that’s been fine. I;’ve just realised i never posted a picture of the now un-needed shield so I’ll do that tomorrow as its good to see it – I had imagined it would be much bigger.
Yesterday was all a bit of a drama. I was in the kitchen when Magnus the puppy came in with my Anti-rejection drugs in his mouth. He;d managed to swipe them from the table in the living room and had eaten the label and pierced the bottle with his teeth and swallowed the contents. He was hicupping and had the liquid over his mouth. I was so panicked, and called the vte straight away. They got the vet on duty to speak to me but after taking all the details they luckily said he would be ok. Th problem was then me having no eye drops and at this point being ready for my 2 hourly drop. I called Mr Larkin’s secreaty but she was out of the office until today, I called Moorfields but they weren’tvery helpful and just said I should call my GP and say I was running out. I called my local GP in a bit of a panick and they issued me an urgent prescription so everything was luckily fine, but it was a stressful half hour. The moral of the story is to definitely ask your dr or hospital for a spare bottle of drops incase anything happens to the bottle (And to keep Boxer puppy’s away from the eye drops).
My eye’s been a little scarcty the last couple of days but I wonder if that’s been due to me doing lots and probably not resting enough! Today I went into London for a meeting, my eye was fine just a little bit sore when I woke up but it got better as the day went on. I was fine in the meeting without sunglasses on although I wore them at Oaddington station and on the tube as it was really busy and I was paranoid about being knocked in the eye. Tomorrow I move to drops every 4 hours instead of every 2 hours which will be nice – Ill keep them locked away from Magnus from now on!
*PS I am writing wihtout any lense in my right eye and I cant seevery well at all so I will spellcheck in the morning, aplogies for any mistakes
Emma's Corneal Transplant 