Eye trouble

My eyes started having troubles with my contacts about Mid-August. I would develop red rings around my eyes, pretty much where my contacts sat. Then developed a more overall blood shot look. I wore my contacts less and switched to my glasses as frequently as possible. Come September, I changed to a fresh pair of contacts to see if that made a difference, and it did for a few weeks, during the few hours a week that I wore them. But soon, my left eye was becoming more irritated and in pain, not just red in color. The redness went away within a day of not wearing my contacts.

Over during the last week, I noticed my eyesight, even with my glasses on, was getting worse. Sitting on the couch 15 feet away from the 36" TV is when I really started to notice the change. Fuzzy letters, fuzzy characters, frustration on my part.

Today I went to my eye doctor and it was surprising how blurred my left eye had become. My eyes, which hadn't changed in three years, had changed one "click" on the right but SEVEN "clicks" on the left. (Clicks being the term my optometrist used based on the eye vision equipment.) That's a lot!

In discussing the different ways that ones vision can change it's near-sighted-ness, Dr. Hartman mentioned that the inner lens in diabetics can change because of the sugar increase. It hit me, that I have my gestational diabetes test in a week, and does this eye issue indicate that I'll have gestational diabetes this time around.

I guess we have to wait and see . . .

It's a boy!

For my cousin Regan and her family. Her C-section was scheduled for Oct 1, but happened today at 10:30 AM St. Louis time after her water broke. Baby boy and Regan are healthy. Name to be announced soon.

This brings the 2nd cousins gender count to 2 boys and 6 girls. This is in line with that side of my family. 3:1 girls to boys. We'll see what we have to add to the mix.

Not AVM, just nasty

I went to the Diagnostic Imaging NW clinic to have ultrasounds taken of my crazy veins. They started on the top of my leg, looking for any deep thrombosis, which might indicate unknown clots or other issues. Then I rolled to my side so they could ultrasound the actual veins in question. The technician said it looks as though the blood flowed in only one direction, so in fact it is not an AVM just a nasty vein that seems to be creeping every so slowing northward.

Dreams

In this dream I am at the hospital and about to deliver #3. However to prepare for this, I repeat the birth of Natalie, though with less screaming from me and no Doctor to help, while still pregnant with #3.

When the doctor arrives I ask what day is this? They reply December 1. I reply that this is the day that I wanted to really give birth to Baby #3 but I'm still pregnant! Nothing is happening for this kid, though I did just birth Natalie again.  

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I had another dream recently but as the day passed, I can no longer recall it. Which isn't surprising since I can't recall a lot of things I'm supposed to remember day-to-day.