Message from Marty
Marty says to tell you that everything went very well and he is recovering nicely. Also that he appreciated all the notes and good wishes last night and today.
We arrived early at the laser surgery center in Fairfield. His appointment was scheduled for 9:00 this morning, but traffic can be so miserable in southern CT that we didn't want to end up late. So we were in the parking lot at 8:15. We sat in the car and read the newspaper, and I was pleased to notice that a place I had read about was right across the street: The Fairfield Diner and Vegetarian Enclave. (A few years ago when I first moved to Connecticut I was looking for vegetarian restaurants -- I am not vegetarian but I like vegetarian cooking -- and this one was listed in a couple of directories. I just thought the name of it was funny. What is a vegetarian enclave? Do they have a meat section and a non-meat section in that place? I still don't know -- today wasn't the right day to try out a new restaurant -- but at least now I know where it is.)
We went into the surgery center around 8:45. They were already busy, lots of people in the waiting room and several doctors taking them back. We checked in and waited around, then Marty had some initial processing. I went back with him for that. Later they asked if I wanted to come with him again while he got ready for the surgery, but I stayed up in the front. After awhile, a doctor came and said I could go and see Marty, so I went back there, not realizing that the surgery was already done! But it was. And already he could see better, although it was cloudy and hazy.
We were finished by 11:00 and home by noon. Traffic was worse getting back to Hamden than it was during morning rush hour. Since then, Marty has been resting and taking it easy, with hard plastic guards over his eyes. But he can see -- his vision is already much better, and clearly it's still improving. It makes me so happy just to think about it.
So that is our day. Thanks for all your good thoughts and well-wishes. We appreciate it, and I'm happy to say that things seem to be going very well.
Marty says to tell you that everything went very well and he is recovering nicely. Also that he appreciated all the notes and good wishes last night and today.
We arrived early at the laser surgery center in Fairfield. His appointment was scheduled for 9:00 this morning, but traffic can be so miserable in southern CT that we didn't want to end up late. So we were in the parking lot at 8:15. We sat in the car and read the newspaper, and I was pleased to notice that a place I had read about was right across the street: The Fairfield Diner and Vegetarian Enclave. (A few years ago when I first moved to Connecticut I was looking for vegetarian restaurants -- I am not vegetarian but I like vegetarian cooking -- and this one was listed in a couple of directories. I just thought the name of it was funny. What is a vegetarian enclave? Do they have a meat section and a non-meat section in that place? I still don't know -- today wasn't the right day to try out a new restaurant -- but at least now I know where it is.)
We went into the surgery center around 8:45. They were already busy, lots of people in the waiting room and several doctors taking them back. We checked in and waited around, then Marty had some initial processing. I went back with him for that. Later they asked if I wanted to come with him again while he got ready for the surgery, but I stayed up in the front. After awhile, a doctor came and said I could go and see Marty, so I went back there, not realizing that the surgery was already done! But it was. And already he could see better, although it was cloudy and hazy.
We were finished by 11:00 and home by noon. Traffic was worse getting back to Hamden than it was during morning rush hour. Since then, Marty has been resting and taking it easy, with hard plastic guards over his eyes. But he can see -- his vision is already much better, and clearly it's still improving. It makes me so happy just to think about it.
So that is our day. Thanks for all your good thoughts and well-wishes. We appreciate it, and I'm happy to say that things seem to be going very well.
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