AC's Eye and More Crazy Planning

Ac had his surgery yesterday, and is now at home in Little Rock recuperating on Percocet, which unfortunately makes him very nauseous and dizzy. He'd like to not take it, but I told him the pain would probably soon convince him otherwise. Can you believe AC was awake during the surgery! They numbed his eye, used some kind of device to keep his eye open, and then the doctor scraped away at it. She removed 75% of his epithelium, which shows just how damaged his cornea was. According to the doctor, a normal, healthy epithelium would remain intact. This just goes to show those stupid military docs that they were wrong--it wasn't going to heal on it's own. They really make me so mad sometimes!

But, anyway, the surgery's done, and supposedly there's a 95% success rate, so I really hope this does the trick for his eye. He goes back on Monday for a follow-up appointment. The healing process should take about two weeks, after which point I guess AC will join another class and get back to his training.

I can't wait to join him in Little Rock! Our crazy tentative plan for getting me there is as follows. AC's cousin is getting married in Maryland on April 4 (the day before my birthday :) and we both plan on attending. Since I should be released from Dr. M's care on March 31, the plan is that on Friday, April 3, I'll drive AC's car down to Maryland with all my stuff in it, pick AC up at the airport (he'll fly in from Little Rock), and then go check in at the Navy lodge where we'll be staying. On Sunday, after all the wedding festivities are over, we'll drive to the Philadelphia area to drop off the car with some military friends who really need a second car (okay, this part of the plan hasn't been confirmed yet--AC really needs to get in touch with said military friend to see if he still wants/needs the car and if that weekend would be a good time to drop it off). We'll then fly out of Philadelphia to Little Rock. Of course, if said military friend doesn't want/need the car, then I'll probably have to fly to Maryland and just leave AC's car here in CT. Honestly, I think I prefer the driving plan at this point. Air travel never does my sinuses, lungs, and ears any good, and it will be difficult to get all my stuff on to the plane, etc. with my bum wrist and the fact that I'm not supposed to lift anything too heavy, being pregnant and all. If I drive, I can have my grandparents help me load my stuff into the car and then AC can unload it on the other end. Anyway, I'll keep updating as I know more about the details.