[Magdalen] Prayers, please

[Marion Thompson]

Hello, all,

Two weeks ago yesterday I tripped and skewered my cheekbone on the corner
of a low bookcase.  A lCT scan of my closed eye and bruised face locally
showed I had fractured the orbitol bone.  Over last two weeks I have seen a
plastic surgeon in Kingston, and an ophthalmologist in Peterborough who
referred me to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. There was some concern that
there might be a small detachment of the retina.  That no longer seems to
be a concern. Second visit this week to Kingston has resulted in an op'
date on Monday (last I heard).  The optimum two-week window for this
actually closed yesterday, but what can you do?  The big fellow at
Sunnybrook said I really need to have the surgery.  It will place 'a
manhole cover' over the gap in the bone so that the eyeball will be
supported in its proper position and, we assume/hope, that will fix the up
& down, not horizontal, double vision.  Never a dull moment.  I mean, it
was a good crack, but I never expected all the fall-out.

So, of your mercy, prayers please for a good outcome to all this.  For two
weeks  I've been driven all over by my daughter, me overnight at her place
in Toronto, her staying with me here depending on the flow of appointments,
and I long to have my car and independence back!

Marion, a pilgrim