New Eyes

Today was a big day.  A monumental day!  I've been waiting for three years to have my vision corrected so I can not worry about contacts or glasses.  To prep for this day, I have worn only glasses for 4 years.  And it paid off!!!  I didn't have the ghost veins in my pupils and corneas that my optometrist thought I would have which makes having LASIK near impossible.

I'm not gonna lie....I was a little nervous. 

Don't you think the hair-net suits me?!  LOL!

I BEGGED Ryan to stay and take pictures of the procedure so Tanner and Taylor could see it, because Tanner insisted that "You won't look like our mom if you aren't wearing your glasses!"...And he was able to see a few minutes of it before heading off to work....even if it was only on a tv screen. :)

I'm under the black machine and the bed pivots
back and forth under the white machine....spiffy stuff!

This is what you see when in 'the chair'.  I had to look only at the green light in the center.  The yellow lights had to stay lined up, in a square.  The white and blue lights were SUPER bright!!!

This is after my 3 hour Loratab-induced nap on Taylor's bed in the boys' dark bedroom.  I felt terrible and wanted to cry.  Not because I was in pain (uncomfortable, yes) but because I was scared to open my eyes!!!  Can you say "sissy"?!  I would compare it to the feeling of not wanting to use the bathroom after having a baby.  I kid you not.

This is what Hell looks like.  

I can take off my bug eyes to put drops in, but will have to sleep in them tonight and wear them tomorrow.  I'm so cool!  I also cannot don't have to wear makeup for at least a week.  And then only light eye makeup for the next three weeks....I think I can handle that.  I am not sure my teenage-skin will fare well without concealer though.  Who knows...maybe it will clear up. :)

Now, at 8:30pm, nearly eight hours after having a laser and amazing doctor correct my vision, these are going to be my BEST friends!  I am using them like one eats chocolate on a bad day.  :)

Thanks to my mommy & daddy for taking the boys for the weekend while I recover without children under foot and quite possibly become VERY productive with some reorganizing that's been put on the back burner.  :)

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@ Kate:  I was really afraid, too.  I had Ryan and my dad give me a priesthood blessing the day before and that helped calm my nerves immensely.  There was lots of pressure from the suction thing....and it probably wouldn't have hurt too much except I popped the suction thing off twice with my eyelids (the lights were bright at that point and I wanted my eyes closed)....Not intentionally though, because I didn't really know I was doing that....they totally numb your eyeball.  LOL!  And I was also worried about looking at the green light....but it's not for long and wasn't that hard...when the suction is on, you can't really see anything....so looking at the light was much easier than I thought.   The nurses were amazing...gave me a Loratab and when my sweet friend Karen dropped me off at home, I walked straight to bed and slept so good. :) This morning (day after) I feel GREAT!  My lashes are a little gunky from all the eye drops, and the back of my throat is nasty, again from all the eye drops, but I laid in bed and could see the alarm clock across the room!!!  It. was. fantastic!!!!