6 August 2012

I've missed a lot of days of posting, but I have a good excuse.

My partner, David, had been having some vision problems, but we hadn't taken them too seriously, attributing them to "sun blindness" from the bright sunshine or to his eyes adjusting to working better together after his cataract removal from the left eye last Fall.

But last Wednesday, David woke up and wasn't able to see AT ALL! That's when we got a quick appointment with an eye doctor, who examined him and sent him right to the emergency room here in the Eilat hospital.

After lots more examinations there, including multiple eye exams that showed no evidence of any serious problems there and a CT scan that showed nothing in the brain, they sent him the next day up to Be'er Sheva, to the Soroka Hospital, which is connected with the medical school at the Ben Gurion University.

Of course, they did many more examinations there but have still not found anything. And David still can't see at all. They finally did an MRI just today, but we don't have the results yet.

I have now made 3 full round trips (driving) to Be'er Sheva, which is 240 km from here. It takes two and a half to three hours one way. Luckily, I enjoy driving, and the desert scenery is really beautiful. There are several different routes I can take that are about the same length, so that adds possibilities for variety, too. I'll be going up there again tomorrow morning, and returning again tomorrow evening.