And later the same day...

Patrick's eye surgery went well. In the words of his doctor, "It was uneventful." That may be true of the surgery, and we are confident that Pat will have a speedy and satisfying recovery. In the short term, however, he is suffering mightily with pain and nausea.

The nausea, we are told, is in part the result of the surgery, since visual input can induce nausea. In addition, the medications that were used to induce general anesthesia are known to cause nausea. The pain, on the other hand, seems excessive, since the doctor told him he would have "some discomfort" for two or three days and didn't prescribe anything other than OTC analgesics.

He is sleeping now, while Jill and Katie and I sit in the dark because we don't want Pat to get up and come into a brightly lit room. Even Pogo seems concerned and keeps going to the door of the room where Patrick lies sleeping. We trust that God will bring him through this, and he will soon be in the pink again.