We are back in Columbia continuing with annual Doctor appointments and look forward to continuing to visit with family and friends. I am seeing an eye specialist because both tear ducts in my left eye are closed. I often look like I am crying because my eye fills with tears since the tears have no place to go. The Doctor had me stop using an eye drop I have taken for several years to reduce the pressure in my eye. It turns out those drops were causing me to tear excessively. I am about to start a new prescription that hopefully will not cause the same problem. He is also recommending that I have two outpatient procedures to open or build new ducts for the tears to drain. I will likely have the less complicated one done in the next few weeks and the other in November when we come back through on our way to Florida for the winter.
Monique will finish having a new crown installed next week after the dentist found problems with the original one. I also have to have my annual stress test this week, and I need to schedule a colonoscopy since it has been 7 or 8 years since my last one. So we will probably be around Columbia for another 2-4 weeks.
Our son Ward would like to relocate to Charleston. So we are going to move down there for a week or two so he can come stay with us and look around Charleston a bit. We like Charleston and the SC “Low Country” so are looking forward to that trip.
It now looks like it will be late May or early June before we start north. We are still planning to head to upstate NY for the summer months hoping to find cool weather for July and August.
We recently enjoyed an overnight visit by our 7 year old great niece Whitley Mattox. She enjoyed camping out with us. Here is a picture of Whitley and a few of the azalea blossoms in front of her house.
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