{"id":144,"date":"2017-02-06T20:05:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T03:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elsontrinidad.com\/et\/?p=144"},"modified":"2017-12-29T02:19:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T09:19:43","slug":"second-eye-blind-episode-three-by-any-measure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elsontrinidad.com\/et\/blog\/2017\/02\/06\/second-eye-blind-episode-three-by-any-measure\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Eye Blind, Episode Three: By Any Measure"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kaiser

This way to restoring my vision.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Today’s appointment: Kaiser Ophthalmology, 1:30 p.m. with Maria Elena Vallez.<\/p>\n

The whole purpose of the appointment was to take measurements of my eyes for the artificial lens that will be placed in my eventual surgery. I guess it was a precursor to the actual surgery as my eyelid was propped open, eyeball was given numbing drops, water squirted in my eye, and a caliper-like device was placed on my eyeball.\u00a0<\/em>It didn’t hurt, but it felt a little uncomfortable, but that’s part of the deal I guess.<\/p>\n

Although at my last appointment, I was told that today was when my operation date would be set, instead, they would call me “in a week” with the date.<\/p>\n

The waiting begins…<\/p>\n

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