Follow Up

The next week we had to go back to Landsthual for Ryan’s follow up. The breaks in my car had been getting progressively worse and making an awful sound. Ryan had ordered the parts to replace them on line but they had not come in yet. So I had to drive Ryan’s car since he wasn’t cleared to drive yet. I have driven manual transmissions a few times. Mainly in parking lots or to move Ryan’s car so I could get mine out. But I’d never driven one in traffic or anywhere with hills.

I wasn’t exactly excited about this prospect but I didn’t have much choice… as Ryan was still having some double vision. I actually surprised myself. I did pretty well. Of course, most of it was on the Autobahns but there were quite a few time we had to stop on hills when we got off the autobahns. Only one time it was a problem… but luckily there wasn’t anyone behind me.

After Ryan’s appointment we stopped by Ramstein and Ryan bought me a Cinnabon for doing such a good job… secretly I think he just wanted one ;-)

His recovery went pretty well. He had to do multiple types of eye drops multiple time a day. He is still taking some but not near as many. He said it wasn’t so much painful as it was irritating. He said it felt like when you have something in your eye but you can’t get it out. Because any touching or rubbing of the eye and tear the scab that forms after the surgery and can cause damage. He slept with goggle at night to prevent him from rubbing or bothering them at night… but he made me swear that I wouldn’t take picture of him sleeping in his goggles. Sorry!

Ryan’s eye are doing much better. He does not need his glasses anymore. His vision is actually better then mine with glasses now. He still needs to wear sunglasses when he is outside to protect them from damage. He has a special profile that allows him to wear sunglasses while in uniform. He hears a lot about that from the other guys… but I think that they are just jealous that they can’t wear sunglasses.