Good News for my Dad

For those of you who are regulars on my blog, a few weeks back I posted about my dad visiting an optometrist to get his eye glass prescription updated. That optometrist scared my parents, and worse, I believe this optometrist was deceptive. You can read about it here.

With that, on March 1st, my dad went to see his glaucoma specialist. My dad’s eye pressure was elevated, but it wasn’t as elevated as that optometrist said it was. I’d prefer to believe it was different calibration of equipment. But, nonetheless, it was elevated and my dad needed to address it. His glaucoma specialist told him that they had one more medication to try and if that failed, surgery would be the last option. They had tried the handful of medications that he felt were safe and effective.

Today was my dad’s appointment. We were all a little nervous. Would the medication work — or would he face surgery?

We got good news!! This last medication worked and brought my dad’s eye pressure down to a very good and healthy level. Yay! He is free to go about life again without worry now until August — and then at six month intervals if all continues to go well.

That other optometrist I wondered about? I’m more convinced then ever he was out to line his own pockets — not to care for my dad. My dad got his eye pressure down safely without the urgently needed surgery or cataract removal, thank you very much 🙂

There are days when having eyes for lies is painful — watching and seeing the pain in people’s eyes. But today — it was absolutely splendid to know that my eyes (and my wizard mom’s eyes) helped my dad’s eyes and kept him safe from unnecessary harm.