Ted's new eyelids!

It's not the best but here's a picture of Ted's eyes post surgery. His lids do not fold over and press down on and into the eye like they did before. He also has a nice looking roundness to the lid shape that opens up the eye better. An interesting benefit to the surgery is that Ted's vision has changed now that the lid is not pressing on the eyeball. In another month he will be getting new lenses.

I couldn't find a good (bad) photo from pre-surgery to show the comparison. Of course, I don't save the bad ones!!

We finally did it...we bought a new car. We've been wanting a bigger vehicle for a while. We needed a car that had seating for 7 so that we could take any of our kid's families for an excursion in one vehicle. Our requirements were: an suv, not a van; but not a gas guzzler; room for luggage behind the third row; dual temperature control (one of us likes it warm, the other cold, you figure it out!);reverse sensing system; 6 cd player and of course, a reasonable price. We found what we were looking for in a Ford Freestyle. Here's a picture!

Ted's eye surgery

This weekend it was my turn to take care of my husband. On Friday morning Ted had surgery on his eyelids to remove the excess skin that was causing his lids to droop and interfere with his vision. Here are a few post surgery pictures. In a few weeks I'll post before and after pictures.

Bandaids

Let me begin this story by saying that we already own a box of 60 1"x3" bandaids. This is more than enough for two 50 year old adults.

Last week I went to the skin doctor and had a few "age induced" moles removed. (A sad but necessary occurrence) I was instructed to keep them covered with a bandaid and ointment for a week. A few days later I noticed that the bandaid was irritating the skin on my neck and it was beginning to hurt. As I went through the day and it became more and more uncomfortable I decided that I would have to stop using the bandaids even though a week had not passed. When I got home from work that night my husband Ted handed me two (yes, two) boxes of assorted bandaids. My dear husband bought me two boxes so that I would have enough of the small circle bandaids to last the rest of the week. The size of these bandaids covers the lesion but does not have a large area of glue to irritate my skin. He wasn't concerned with whether we needed bandaids, only with my comfort.

While this is a small thing, it demonstrates the many thoughtful things that Ted does to show his love and care for me. I am grateful for this man that God has given me and I love him more every day.