Dave's Surgery

It has been almost 20 years since Dave's accident when he shot is left eye out.

Maddie was 1 when it happened.

This Thursday he will go into surgery to have the bullet removed that still

behind his left prosthetic eye.

They left the bullet in after the accident because they thought it

would do more damage to have it removed.  They didn't want to

disturb the muscles around it to dig it out.  By doing this, they thought

it would give his prosthetic more movement.

His eye does have great movement.  A lot of people don't even realize he has a fake

eye most of the time.

But, over the past 5 years the bullet has been causing a lot of problems.

The problems started as headaches, which he's endured almost every day since the accident happened.

He also has chronic infections.  The ophthalmologists that have seen him over the years

feel like the copper jacket around the bullet are the source of the problems.

Our bodies don't like to have copper inside of them.

Dave's body has been trying to get rid of that bullet by building up pressure and 

fluid around it - causing him all these problems.

So, Thursday he will have it removed.  

The surgery isn't too risky.  The main risk is the damage that can be caused

to the muscles around the bullet.  That doesn't really matter to us at this stage.

We would rather have a little less movement in his eye, than all the problems he's

been experiencing with the bullet.

He will have to spend a day in the hospital after the surgery so they can monitor 

his pain and other things that can cause complications.

So dear family and friends, if you could offer up an additional prayer in our behalf

that things will go well for him - we would be eternally grateful :)