Home from the hospital ...

First things first ... Zoey did indeed have a tear duct present,blocked but present.We were thrilled with that news and her doctor said she probed it and flushed it and that Zoey should be good to go.No more infections.No more daily eye drops and let me tell you,Zoey hated the daily,often 4 times a day,eye drops.She saw that bottle coming and let us know in no uncertain terms she was none too happy.So check that off Miss Zoey's list, thank you very much.Also,while under anesthesia,Zoey had a complete eye exam and her vision is completely normal.Normal.How I love that word normal.Highly underrated if you as me.Also normal is her optic nerve.Because Zoey suffered a major stroke,there was always great concern over the integrity of her optic nerve.2 years ago it looked good and once again another look told us that it is perfect as well.Zoey of course has her peripheral eyesight loss but all things considered,a whole lot better than anyone had originally thought at the beginning of her little life.

As for the little love.Oh how very ticked off she was after the procedure.She did really super this morning at o'dark thirty.Placed her in her car seat at about 4:30 am and she stayed awake the entire ride,happy during pre-op but after,oh boy,that was a different story.Sad,sad and really sad.And puffy.Really puffy.And uncomfortable,really uncomfortable.Her eyes are dilated and will remain that way for several hours and the bright sunlight on the way home was no fun at all.Once we arrived home,I finally got a smile I'd been waiting for.We were barely home 10 minutes when Taylor swooped her up,took her to her room and there they remain,sound asleep.So cute the two of them laying there.

Now the bummer news of the day:Jessica had a call from her orthopedics office today,stating that they just received notice that authorization for her surgery has been denied.Are you kidding me?We have a PPO,with Aetna,good insurance,never have been denied anything, over all these years and now a denial for a surgery that she needs.Their denial is based on the hip surgery still be in the "experimental" stages.We have very little recourse at this point.The thing is,Jessica really needs this surgery.She is a super active person and has not been able to do anything since last December.She has a difficult time standing or sitting for long periods of time and things are only getting worse and with no surgery,there is no chance of it getting better either.Just for laughs we are going to call and see what the procedure costs if you were paying cash.Over the phone they threw out one figure of $8500.00 to Jess but I am not certain what that entails or covers.Jess is frustrated.Mark is frustrated and I am frustrated as well as disappointed for her.Jess was just starting to plan all the "after surgery" activities.Back to running and working out and she also was planning a century bike ride and now,it's all on hold.Sure hoping we can get this worked out.Sooner rather than later.

That is all for now.1:30 in the afternoon and it feels like 9:00 at night.An alarm at 3:45am,in the shower and in the car by 4:30,is starting to catch up to me.More later.Off to check on the sleeping beauties ...