Popular Post rafairchild2 Posted April 10 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 10 (edited) Suffered an eye injury ~3 weeks ago. Debris blew up under my glasses when mulching on my 42" deck tractor mower deck. I have been pretty much blind in my left eye, due to corneal injury over the pupil area. It was like looking through a glass with thick petroleum jelly on it and darkened. The whole eye was bloody red. Quite a bit of pain came alongside that for well over a week. I was prescribed an ointment for my eye 3x/day and steroid drops 2x/day. I had my 3rd follow-up with my eye Doc today (went to urgent care when I was injured). My eye has finally superficially healed on the surface (that's good), and also improved 4 steps on the eye test this last week. Pressure also moved in the right direction. She was pleased that I turned the corner as she was concerned last week at the slow healing. Now comes the continued under-the-surface healing so we wait. Scheduled an appointment to be back in a month. No more steroids in the eye, however, the ointment is only 1x/day now... When I got home this morning after the appointment, I tried some scroll sawing I actually could see my lines! FINALLY!!! cut the remaining pieces and rattle can finished my 4-layer Memorial Day pieces, which I could not work on while I was blind. Gun, dog tags, boots, & helmet. When I tried working on it when I was first injured it was a major struggle and had to quit for a few weeks, did an hour on Sunday during my YT live stream, but that was a struggle... now it feels like I am almost back to normal. Not fun being blind in my eye, thankful, it was temporary. Ran out of black paint on one piece so I did not speckle it the way I wanted. Getting more tomorrow. Edited April 10 by rafairchild2 RabidAlien, danny, JJB and 12 others 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barb.j.enders Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 Sorry about the eye injury but glad it is healing well. danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelCass Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 Wow that sounds so painful, so glad it wasn't worse then it was. Sounds like you are healing well, hope it continues. Your pieces look wonderful. danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak0ta52 Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 Nice work on your pieces... especially with a bum eye. Glad you're on the mend. danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 Oh my, what a journey. I have an eye appointment the end of May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 Glad to see you are on your way to a full recovery, nice work on those pieces, where did you get the patterns, RJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafairchild2 Posted April 11 Author Report Share Posted April 11 5 minutes ago, rjweb said: Glad to see you are on your way to a full recovery, nice work on those pieces, where did you get the patterns, RJ Alex Fox on Etsy Me and my buddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieC Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Wow that sounds like an awful accident....so glad you are on the mend! Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Those are awesome pieces, I really like the way you finished them. Scary about the eye. Hard to totally protect them.. I of often thought it would be worth the cost to have some prescription googles made. Those safety glasses do not really protect as well as the advertise. Debris can still find it's way in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Well that's not fun. Glad to hear your doing better and back to scrolling. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefie Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Hope your eye heals soon, but you still made some lovely pieces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 Wow I am so sorry to hear about your eye but also so glad it's on the mend. Take care. Great work, well done. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 Nice job and glad you are recovering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me and my buddy Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 hope you can see well after all the appointments! and your project looks amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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