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Another day off. Wow I am getting too lazy. Nah, actually I have had a touch of insomnia lately. Hopefully, it will pass as I finally get used to midnight shift work.

Well, I was absolutely lazy today. I have a long weekend starting Friday night at 6 PM. Henry is doing great and I am glad we are not in Hurricane Isabel’s path.
As promised next weekend will work on updating website. The webcam is different story. The program I use to upload the pictures is not functioning properly and I cannot seem to find a fix. So, may have to look for another program. See everyone later.

Ok today I am really ticked off. First off all I had to work 3 and a half overs of overtime today. Second, when I was trying to sleep my Doctor calls with the results of my CT Scan of my sinuses. The results everything looks normal and sees no problems. Well why do I still feel lousy and I KNOW FOR A FACT IT IS MY SINUSES. He is referring me back to my Allergists and when I go we are going to have a nice long long long talk. If I take a sudafed my sinus headache goes away. Now if it is not my sinus causing the problem way does this help. Why do I have the constant drainage in the back of my throat or the stuffiness of my nose another. Why? Why? Why? Doctors are not that educated in my opinion. I think they guess most of the time.
On a better note Henry is doing great. His left eye is dying but he is no longer in pain and seems to be adjusting to just using his right eye.
Well, I have to work this weekend I hope it is not like the last weekend I had to work. I need a break.

Ok this is the first weekend I have had off in 2 weeks. I have enjoyed it. Henry is doing well. He is too cute. He is trying to be so brave about seeing and you can tell he is blind on that left side. He always turns right to meet someone now. I have picked my fall lineup television shows I will listed them on my website sometime this month. Some have already begun. Well, this is it for now back to work tomorrow. Not to be lazy anymore.

Henry Vet Update: Henry had his eye surgery procedure today. The left eye had a pressure of 41 after the procedure 10 and the left eye will be dead in about 3 weeks. The doctor said the right eye is doing great and should have no future problems. So I think I made the right decision.

I had a CT scan of my sinuses today. The results will be sent to my primary doctor. They better find something (bad that is) I am tired of having these sinues problems. I will be glad to have another sinues surgery. I always feel 100 percent better after having sinues surgery and it usually last for a year or more.

I worked from 6PM to 6AM from Thursday night to Friday morning and then was on the go until about 8 PM Friday when I finally got some rest. I woke up about 12:30 AM Saturday Morning. I feel a little rested but probably will go back to sleep. Not this week but probably around the 26th of the Month I will probably see about updating the website. The Webcam however, will probably be offline indefinitely. That is all for now. Take care everyone.

Henry Eye Vet Update: I took Henry to the Eye Vet yesterday for a check up to make sure the pressure was staying down still. Well, no it was back up in the 40’s. So they medicine worked for a while. I have come to the hard conclusion that I am going to have to a procedure done just to his left eye that would basically kill that eye. That way he is in no pain. He will be blind in that eye but will not be in pain and not have to take medicine that is not working. I can tell when the eye bothers him he whines. The other alternative was to try a procedure that saves the eye. However, it is not guarantee to work and stick and it costs $1500 and up depending on how long he has to stay at the Vets. Usually it is 3 days. But, again no guarantee. Also, the Vet is unsure if he has lost any vision and is just see shadows in that eye. They have no way of telling if he has lost vision. The other procedure to kill the eye takes only a few minutes is not that invasive and will take about a couple weeks to kill the eye. Henry would only be on medication to help comfort the eye until it dies. This procedure costs $650 and is guarantee to end the pain. He will still have the right eye and the pressures in that eye have remained low and the right eye did not have complications. The left eye did and has had all bad things happened to it. The right eye was quite healthy when the cataract was removed and the cataract was very small in that eye. So, he will have one good eye. I think I am going have to do the least costly and ultimately the best thing for him.
I saw a completed blind dog at the eye Vet the other day and he got around pretty good. Henry wont be completely blind just in the left eye. I hope he can forgive me for doing this but I think it will be the best for him in the long run.

On the work front. I started with a new team and I don’t know anybody on it. The same nice enough but would prefer to work with people I know. We will see how it works out. Hopefully, a couple of friends of mine will end up on the same team and this would make it more tolerable. Also, at least on this new team I will have all major holidays off this year like Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Well, I will not be working 5 days straight. I was able to get Sunday night off. So, back to work Monday night.

Latest Update on Henry: I took him to the eye Vet today. Normal pressure in the eye should not be more than 20-22 according to the doctor. Last Saturday it was 50 in the left eye. Today in both eyes 4 so they need medication works. He has another appointment next week to check his pressure again and if it is still good they will reduce some to the medication he is on.

My new job is great! The only thing that is bad is the are transferring me to another shift. They are short handed on a particular shift so I am transferred as of Monday. The bad thing is I have to work Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. So I probably won’t be blogging for a week or two.

Update on Henry: The new medication seems to be working. He is keeping his left eye open and the cloudiness is gone. I think I might have advert a hard decision for a while.

On a lighter note. I received an e-mail, via Classmates.com, from an old high school friend that I haven’t seen in a long time. That was a nice suprise. It will be 20 years since I graduated from high school in 4 more years. Time flies. It doesn’t seem like that many years.