Picturing the additional hardware
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, because if it is then maybe you can’t. There: a one sentence explanation of Acrobat.
Today, I went to my mission briefing. T minus 12, I think. Held in the sub basement of my favorite hospital, I learned all I needed to know about my next operation. I’m impressed with the plan, but the realization that I’m getting my first bionic part is a bit daunting.
Here’s what will happen. As of now (T minus 12) I’ve already put the cover back on the aspirin bottle. No more “single tablet self-medication” until after the intervention. Something to do with an increased risk of bleeding. I’m good.
When I get to T minus 3, I’ll be adding yet another round of drops to my protocol. One drop in each eye, six times a day. Like a game of some sort, with high stakes. Something to do with prevention of bacterial infection, I think. I’m good.
On the morning of the operation, I must fast. Just like the pre-Vatican II rules for communion. Not even coffee. Limited water. Given my aversion to the whole catheter alternative, I’m good with that too. Mark me down as agreeable to whatever I have to do.
The goal is to place an implant on the side of my eyeball. The nurse described it as resembling a tiny computer mouse (odd?) and thanks to an information site that I spotted thanks to Wiki, here’s a borrowed image. Thanks, Brown U.
I HOPE this is a much enlarged image!
The valve will be implanted somewhere up beneath my eyelid, and I’ll be getting a patch (made from somebody else’s tissue) to prevent chafe and burn. That part leaves me a little weirded out…
