Today was the return to the hospital. For a checkup on the old eyes.

It did not go quite as I had hoped. I was hoping I could get the secondary cataract treatment soon. But the doc recommended waiting a few months yet. And he also implied that it probably would not make a big difference. I was hoping I could get back to the quality of vision I had the first week after the last surgery. But it seems maybe I shouldn’t quite expect that. In any case, it’s back to waiting. And I have been discharged from the hospital system, so now it’s back to my private eye doctor. We’ll go see him in a couple of months and then we’ll see what happens.

Slightly better news is that we can go ahead and look at glasses now. The secondary cataracts shouldn’t have any influence on the glasses situation. So we can get started on that. See if regular glasses can do anything for me. If I can get reading glasses. And filter glasses for the sunshine.

Don’t need no filter glasses right now. The sun has gone missing. And the rain has come. I was planning to go to the playground and check up on Hans after the hospital visit. But it ended up taking hours with the doctors and I had my eyes eyedropped and photos taken of them, which always hurts them. And the rain was pouring down outside. So I was not up for a playground trip. Maybe I’ll get a chance to go tomorrow. Depending on the weather, and whether I decide to stay in and wait for the mailman. I have ordered lots of new stuff and would like to be here to receive it. We’ll see. I’m sure by now Hans is jumping around and eating as much as he can. Goats are smart, but they don’t always learn their lessons.

Here is a video of Hans, you can see he’s not his usual lively self: youtube.com/watch?v=FcaB3uxBVl8.

Also a video of my eyes: youtube.com/watch?v=m2eqp8Hisf8. It is not really very pleasant vieweing. So you may want to skip it.

I wish I could.

But onwards and upwards.

I am pretty much done cleaning my apartment. I have been through everything now. I just need my dad to pick up all the stuff that we’ll be selling or giving away. And then tidy up a few loose ends. But other than that, it’s all done. I have thrown out so much junk. You would not believe it. I practically have twice as much space in here now. I could house a couple of goats I bet. Hmm…

Noe I need to get my new vacuum cleaner working. And wash the floor. We’ll see how that goes.

Today I went and saw the goats. I almost didn’t get to go, because it was raining really hard outside when I got up. But it quieted down a little and eventually I was able to go. I think the sun even came out.

Little Hans was not doing so well when I got there. He was lying down in some hay. And he didn’t even react when he saw me. He didn’t get up or baah or anything. Normally he’s very excited to see me. I mean, all goats I have known are usually quite excited when people start coming into their fold. So I knew something was wrong. I went up and asked the staff if they knew what was up. Per said that he had probably been overeating during the weekend. Maybe he got in the fodderboxes, I don’t know. But they assured me they’d keep an eye on him. And I think Per called the vet too.

I’m sure he’ll be fine, Hans. But it was strange and a little sad seeing him like that. Normally goat kids are so full of energy and bouncing all over the place. Today he spent most of the time I was there just lying down. He did get up a little. Walked around slowly. But not much. He seemed very tired. And not at all interested in treats or scratchies. You know a goat isn’t feeling well when they don’t want any of those things. Poor little guy.

Grethe and Magnethe were both fine and were not at all unhappy to receive treats and scratchies. I think Grethe actually somewhat enjoyed not having to fight her brother for my attention.

But I hope he’ll feel better soon, the little trooper.

Tomorrow I have foot therapy and Wednesday it’s back to the hospital to have my eyes looked at. Fingers crossed.