Tulsa – Post Op Day 5
Yakelin had a tough day on Sunday. First, on a lighter note, she suffered through an entirely English church service (It’s boring for someone that doesn’t understand a thing, but I loved the contemporary service! Thanks for teaching the truth, Kirk!) After the service we had a nice lunch with folks from the Kirk medical team, but unfortunately, Yakelin began to have an increase in her cloudy vision and struggled seeing in the restaurant’s dim lighting. Thankfully Dr. Kolker was at lunch and asked us to meet him at his office later that day so he could thoroughly examine her eye. After evaluating her, he increased the frequency of one of her eye drops. He gave us permission to go to a Spanish concert at a nearby church. Mexican Christian singer Nacho Galindo both sang and preached for 3 hours. He spoke much truth and Yakelin really enjoyed his music. We got one of his CDs and we’ve been listening to it ever since. Her spirits were greatly lifted by hearing and talking with Latinos.
Just 24 hours after starting the new regimen, she reports improvement. I was really concerned on Sunday and am relieved today to hear her say she is seeing clearer.
Today Yakelin helped Leda with Spanish class again and I slipped out with Pat for what we thought would be a brisk walk in the park. Little did we know we were going to have a great hour-long adventure…which included plenty of snow blobs falling from the tree limbs and landing on our heads and more ice underfoot than we ever cared to see. We laughed so hard as we walked, especially when we realized how silly we must have looked trying to rock hop over puddles and maneuver gracefully through slushy snow and ice.
Yakelin and I stopped by Walmart on the way home from the Kirk and bought a few groceries. Shortly thereafter, Lee came over and brought us some delicious chicken chili and mint chocolate chip ice cream. Yum!!! Thanks Lee! Once we finished dinner and dessert, Yakelin had a good chat with her aunt and children in Nicaragua using Skype. Everyone seems to be doing well in Nicaragua and assured her they are praying for her everyday. They are eager to hear when her next surgery will be. The doctors have told us that we are waiting to see how her left eye heals before they decide whether or not to operate on her right eye.
