It's been two weeks since I've updated. There hasn't been a ton to update, so I didn't make the time to do it. Sorry if you've been waiting. Phil went back to work 1/2 days this past Monday, December 4 with some limitations. No lifting or too much physical exertion. That was a challenge for him but he did well. He came home tired each day. His first week back they had their annual Holiday Hog Roast for all of the customers at work, so it was a bit of a crazy week to go back...along with HIS BIRTHDAY!!!! He got what he wanted...to go back to work for his present. He was worried about having to talk to everyone who came in...and although it was exhausting, I think it also reassured him of his value to his work family and how much they missed him. After 9 weeks off, his body will take a bit to adjust to being up and around and his eyes will especially need some time to regain their strength. He was so incredibly happy to be back at work and spent a lot of his time talking to customers welcoming him back. He is still wearing the eye patch. This last surgery, they put in a larger gas bubble in the eye so it is taking longer to dissolve. He is noticing a little bit of vision in that eye when he takes off the patch, so it IS slowly dissolving but will take some time. The prescription in his "good" eye has changed after 3 laser surgeries, so he is not seeing100% clearly out of that eye either with his glasses, which makes his eye tired as well as it works harder to see and is also causing some headaches.
Phil went back to the doctor on Thursday morning and both eyes are looking good and healing nicely. There is still a little bit of fluid behind the retina in the "bad" eye, but he says it is okay as long as it remains sealed and attached. He changed up his eye drops and told him that if he feels ready, he can go back to work full time, with the continued restrictions with the physical activity and lifting. So, Monday he goes back full time. I'm a bit apprehensive. I know he will be fine...I just worry that he will over do it and something will go "wrong". I'm sure he tires of me checking in on him and questioning if he is following the rules, but I can't help it. He doesn't go back to the doctor for 3 whole weeks! The longest stretch so far and that feels good! Oh...I almost forgot. I've had several people ask me about driving...He is NOT driving. So we are taking turns running him and making sure he is where he needs to be and when. I am thankful for my Dad, my oldest who helps drive and Phil's work family that is helping out. It takes a village, right??? We are so very blessed.
Along with Phil going back to work, I had two concerts this week. I am used to having Phil help with set up and tear down each night and that was hard for BOTH of us when he wasn't able to do anything. He was the official supervisor and videographer at the 2nd one (smile). So thankful that Grant helped me with the set up, both the boys were able to help at my first concert, and that Brock surprised me and showed up to help tear down the 2nd one. It was a long week all the way around for all of us and we spent the weekend recovering. Selfie before concert #1 that was also Kiara's concert.
So, that's the latest. We continue to feel so blessed. One day this week I text a friend, "God is so good. So, so good and I'm sitting in the quiet of my room overwhelmed at his goodness." It has been a long road, but those words describe how we have felt over and over through all of this. God is so incredibly good and has provided for us over and over in so many ways. We have been blessed and we want others to know that. We are not completely through this tunnel of craziness, but we know that God will not leave us or forsake us and He will remain oh so very good through it all.
Ways to pray:
1. Continued healing for both of Phil's eyes. That vision will return fully to both.
2. Continued strength and stamina as he adjusts back to work.
3. That our story can bring the light of Christ to others...especially during this Christmas season. It seems a bit sweeter this year to celebrate the birth of our Savior.
Blessings to you...
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