His acuity is fine: that is, his vision using his old glasses is great at 20/20. The health of his eyes is good -- she didn't see any damage at the back of the eye which sometimes occurs with long-term high blood pressure. The problem is that his field of vision is gone on the left side.
Here's more of an explanation, a distinction. He can see the same out of BOTH eyes. In our eyes, what we see to our left (not with the left eye, but with the left side of each eye) goes to the right side of the brain. The right side is where the stroke damage occurred. And she said that unlike the other left-side damage which may recover completely (his left leg, his left arm), the neuro-optic fibers don't grow back.
Bill was very calm about it. So was Ayn. And me. (Yes, if any individual had 'lost it,' we all would have.) So this is a big change in plans. They had been talking about two years from now, when his daughter graduates high school, they could buy a motor home. He could still work from 'home,' they could travel to their music festivals, and continue to enjoy life.
No, Ayn can't drive because of various sensory issues.
Here is his test result on each eye:
So, moving on. Tomorrow's therapies might have to be canceled for weather. Where I live, we have a chance of snow, a higher chance that it won't hit until noon. But it freaks out my husband, so he might get really stressed if I try to get to Portland and back to help with transport to the appointments. And the wind chill is going to be way too low, about 6 degrees, at 7:30 in the morning from them to wait for the streetcar.
Gotta go. Hubby wants to make sure we have enough toilet paper and paper towels (smile, but friends and family know I'm not kidding).
Yeah, I didn't "lose it" until after we got settled in at home;Ayn helped.Good luck with the weather!
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