After having the holidays off, it was back to the hospital for me yesterday.

It went quite alright. Apart from another minor transport mishap, that meant we got picked up two hours before my appointment. So there was lots of waiting. Waiting in hospitals, I have done a lot of that the last year. Good thing I brought my audio book.

Somewhat to my surprise it turned out that the pressure in my right eye is nicely down. To 18, which is almost right where it should be. I thought it was still a little too high, but not anymore. So that’s good. I hoped that would mean that they would want to take the oil out of my left eye soon then. But the doctor wanted to wait a little yet, give it some more time to make sure everything is settled before we proceed. So I have a new appointment in early March now. And if the right eye is still doing okay by then, then presumably we’ll get going with the left eye. But for now I’ll have a couple of months off.

Oh and apparently my vision has improved a little. I did one of those “read from the sign” tests and it was a little improved. From -0,36 to -0,24. Or something like that. The figures made no sense to me. But it was a little better, that’s what counts. Although it doesn’t count that much. Since it goes up an down and different parts of the eye are better or worse. The central part of my vision is still not too good, so for reading for example, it doesn’t help much if the right-hand side of my vision is better. But better is better than worse.

Today I paid a visit to the goats. For the first time this year. I can’t wait for the weather to get better so I can go more often. But it was nice to get going today. The temperatures were up a little (around 0 C). And I was dressed warmly. I have joked about it before, but today I did wear legwarmers on my arms. And they were quite good. Along with a pair of gloves that my dad gave me, it did help keep me fairly warm. Unfortunately the bench in the goat pen was full up of snow, and it was too hard for me to clear it away. I put my cloth-sack on top, but still I was practically sitting on snow and ice. So I left withe a cold and wet butt. But it was worth it of course.

The goats were doing well and being their wonderful selves. Vanilje practically disappearing before my eyes when she walked around in the snow, because of her white colour. Magnethe I can hardly imagine ever disappearing, huge and imposing. They enjoyed the old bread I brought to them a lot. And the scratches. Even Vanilje seemed especially happy with scratches today. She’s not always that interested in them. I think she hasn’t gotten used to being scratched so much beccause she has always been the youngest and weakest. When she gets scratchies it usually doesn’t last that long before she’s chased away by someone bigger and older. I’m looking at you, Magnethe. But today she got some good ones. And Magnethe too, of course. She loves the scratchies a ton. Sometimes when she lifts her head up and looks in the sky, baring her neck, I can’t help but think that’s she’s practically begging to be scratched. She loves getting her neck scratched.

I got to meet some other animals too. Two sheep. Too big to be called lambs now, but I think they’re not very old and have grown up at the playground. I just haven’t spent time with any of the other animals for so long that I haven’t seen these two as babies. They were running around on their own in the main playground “courtyard” or whatever you’d call it. They usually aren’t allowed there, so I was a little surprised to see them. And I think they were a little surprised to see me too, staggering along in the snow with my cane. They were a little weary of me, but I did get to say hello and scratch one of them on the head. And it’s always nice to have lambs (even big ones) running around freely, baahing sillily.

I think the horses have been running around too much as well. When I went to open the gate to the horse field, to get to the goat fold, there was a rope tied along the gate. Per came running to help me get the rope down so I could get past. He said that the horses had been breaking free. Apparently a gate is not enough to keep them in.

But a very enjoyable trip. My dad helped me get up there, and I went back home on my own. Almost fell a couple of times while crossing the bridge to get to the bus stop. But I managed to stay afoot. I do look forward to the ice and snow being gone. How cruel it is, that I can’t enjoy this winter. It seems to me to be the snowiest winter in ages. Certainly we had our first official white christmas in 14 years here in Denmark. Five years ago I would have loved this all so much. Now it is cold and immobilizing. But oh well. It could be worse. It must be hard to be blind in countries where there is snow and ice all year round. Or countries without excellent health systems like ours in Denmark. Or just for people without families that are able to help as much as mine is. I am still lucky in many ways. It’s always good to try to remember that.

Also I am lucky because I have been feasting on soup. I have almost finished the leftovers. Soup for dinner five days in a row. Some people would say that is too much. Not me. Not at all. I know I always say that mama makes the best soup, but this time it was even better than usual. Maybe it’s my imagination, but it seems to have been the best soup in years. Mhm. Good stuff.

All in all I’m feeling quite okay right about now. Which is always dangerous, because that means the rollercoaster is probably heading for a big dive. Not that I am paranoid or anything.

Not me!

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