Eye Saga 4

Thursday, 18 March 2010

I have an update but the news is not what I expected.

I met with Dr Nestor at Fort Bragg yesterday. He explained that my cornea may be too thin, so I am not scheduled for PRK laser eye enhancement. Instead I have an appointment with Dr Barnes, a cornea specialist, for a second opinion tomorrow morning. He may say that since I am far-sighted in the right eye, that I’m within tolerance to have more PRK. He may say otherwise. So, I don’t know what I’ll find out tomorrow. Dr Nestor said that they will take care of me, but I don’t know what that means. I may be facing other options.

So at the moment, I don’t know what is happening to fix my eyes. However, I’m exercising faith that the docs know what they’re doing.

(I’m thinking of the passage in Matt. 6:25-34. Verse 34 says,
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Then I remember that God’s eye is on the sparrow in Matt. 10:29-31.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Ain’t it great!)

Let me paint an analogy. Instead of being on the military crest of a hill overlooking the valley with a great 10-mile commanding view of everything that is coming at me, I’m on the reverse slope looking at a small rise in front of me with no idea what’s on the other side. So from my foxhole, the only thing I see is a five-foot slope to the top of the hill in front of me with blue sky beyond it, because the valley in my sector on the other side is obscured by the immediate hilltop in my line of sight. (Therefore, I do not know what is coming at me.)

Here’s another analogy. I feel like I’m walking into a gunfight with only an 18-inch Bowie knife. Bowie knives are great weapons in a close quarter fight, but I’m at a disadvantage against ranged weapons like a .45-caliber pistol or a 12-gauge shotgun. The advantage goes to my opponent with the 25-meter stand-off capability of the firearms. (In other words, I feel unprepared for what I may face tomorrow. Maybe this analogy doesn’t clearly articulate my point.)

Thanks for praying. More to follow….