20/20

I forgot to mention another exciting thing that has occured in our house recently.  A few months back my contacts were driving me crazy!  It felt like I had something stuck in them and they would cloud up easily.  I went to the eye doctor to figure out what the deal was.  He told me that I was developing an allergy to wearing contacts.  I had never heard of this before.  He said I had a few options.  I could transition to a hard lens (no thanks!  Tried that a while back).  I could go to a one a day lens which is expensive and I would eventually develop an allergy to, or I could have PRK surgery.  Wade and I talked about what to do.  Since you cannot have PRK surgery while you are pregnant, and we are wanting a family soon, AND because I will devleop all allergy to the one a day lenses anyway we decided on the surgery!

I had this done over labor day weekend and it was pretty amazing.  PRK is different than LASIK and the recover is a little longer, but the results are generally better long term.  I did not take any pain medicines or goofy drugs like valium.  I trusted the doctor and did the surgery "naturally". 

When I got home I was able to read the ESPN ticker going across the bottom of the screen with no problems which was HUGE!  I got my first pair of glasses in the third grade and have been wearing contacts since the fifth.  I could not see the alarm clock in the morning when I woke up because my vision was so bad.  It is the most amazing thing to be able to see with no contacts or glasses.

I went back to Dr. Huff last week to have my final check-up.  He said he cannot even tell that I had the surgery done and I have perfect 20/20 vision now!  I will be making a trip to the DMV here with my doctors note to get a new DL since I do not need corrective lenses any more!  Yay for medical technology!