[Magdalen] Prayers, please

[Marion Thompson]

Thanks, Lesley.  I trust all is well with you these days.

Marion, a pilgrim

On Fri, 6 Aug 2021 at 19:54, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Prayers for patience, Marion, and may you find a surgery time-spot soon!
>
> Regards
> Lesley de Voil
> On Sat, 7 Aug 2021 at 09:43, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
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