I can see, I can see!!!

On Thursday (yes, Valentine's Day!), my parents kept the girls and Jeff and I drove over to Jacksonville for me to get LASIK surgery! Ahh! I was really nervous, to the point that I didn't even want to think about the surgery ahead of time. But the anticipation was worse than the actual thing. I got there and had to spend an hour being prepped for it - lots of eye drops (we're talking MEGA eye dialation! It lasted well into Saturday!!) When it came right down to it, I came close to backing out. As I layed down on the table, I prayed, please God, let me be able to see when this is all over! Even if things are blurry! Please don't let me be blind! Thankfully, He answered my prayer!! ;o)
The surgery consists of 2 parts. The first part they put this ring around your eye and apply pressure. At this point, your vision goes grey, which isn't as bad as it sounds. Then they do the laser part. This was more nerve wracking for me because I was so concerned about trying to keep my eye still. I was worried I would look away and the laser would make a mistake. I did fine though and it was really all over pretty quickly. Mostly painless. Then I had to wait in recovery for about an hour, then they released me until the next morning. Jeff and I went to a hotel in Jacksonville and I was under strict orders to keep my eyes closed and try to sleep for 6-8 hours. After that, I was free to watch TV, but not read or do computer work. I was pretty uncomfortable though, so I tried to sleep as much as possible and actually only woke up for a few minutes to eat dinner. Then back to sleep. I had to wear these goggle things so I wouldn't bump my eye (I actually have to wear them for 2 weeks - I already despise those things! So uncomfortable!).
I went back in the next morning for them to check my eyes and I was already seeing 20/20!!! I have to go back on Tuesday for another check. It's so wild that they can do that to fix your vision! I'm really amazed! God has given us the ability to do some truly wonderfully things in the medical field. (I would like to know who volunteered to be the guinea pig with this though!)
Now Jeff is anxiously awaiting his turn in the next couple years!