GEORGE

The bad news just keeps coming! George, Joe's brother, went to his eye doctor on Friday. There's something more wrong with his left eye and he has to go see another specialist in Indianapolis. I didn't go with him...and he didn't understand just what the problem is with his eye. The doctor he will see specializes in corneal transplants. Also, lasek surgery. So I have no idea what the problem is...just that it's serious. We're waiting for this doctor here to call us with an appt. for the Indy doc. So, please add George to your prayer lists. He has been having problems with his eyes for five years now. In 2004, he had three surgeries for detached retina...two of them on that left eye. Then a year later, he had cataract surgery on both eyes. Since then he's suffered from dry eyes and has to use drops and ointments in both eyes. Also, pressure has been high all this time. It has been a miracle that his sight has been saved this long.

Bad eyes run in his family. His mother had been blind for some time when she died at 63. He has a first cousin on his dad's side who has been blind since she was around 65...about ten years. Joe had cataract surgery on both his eyes about 1985, and no problems since. Praise God!