Waiting on a Dream

Waiting on a Dream to come true can sometimes be a very long wait.... Hopefully my niece's dream has finally happened.      

I have talked about my niece Tammy,  several times here on my blogging post.  For those of you who are new to visiting my blog, I'll give you a bit of the background.  

God tells us throughout the Bible that we are born to serve him.  This life of service means that we must love others and attend to their needs.  

My sister, her husband and the three kids were in a deadly car crash back some 45 years ago.  The three kids survived but my sister and her husband both died.  Tammy was very seriously injured and was left with a brain injury.  

She and her two siblings were raised by my parents.  Tammy's older brother died when he was 28 from a thrombosis in his heart.  Tammy's sister lives here, but she has her family that she takes care of.  After my parents both passed away, I became Tammy's guardian.  

Tammy now lives in a home for mild to moderate disabled adults.  It truly is the most wonderful place ever and we are extremely Blessed that this place is only 10 miles from our home town.  Although she is now an adult, her mind is more on the level of about a 12 year old.  

To make a long story short, due to her injuries and the brain damage, it left her with a misalignment in the Left eye.  For years my parents tried to get it corrected, however the medical technology was not available to take care of it.  

Fast forward to today:

Tammy's Dream for YEARS now has been to have her eye fixed and straightened.  Hopefully....this Dream has come true.  It takes weeks to actually see how  successful the surgery is and how straight it might be.  The doctor said that if this first surgery does not move the eye in the correct position, then another surgery can be done to pull it further over to the center.  

Tammy has a very good ophthalmologist ... And today he did surgery on both of her eyes.  The doctor went in and tightened a muscle on the Right eye, and on the Left eye, he tightened 3 muscles which should help in pulling her eye back over.  

My eyes filled with tears when the doctor came to see her, just before the surgery.  She said him:  "I just want to thank you because I have been waiting 45 years to get this fixed."

     

               I needed to pick Tammy up this morning at 6:45 in order for her to be at the hospital by 7:30.  Surgery was at 9:30....All went very well!!!  Thank you Lord!!  We got home around 2:00 this afternoon.  

Last night, I woke up almost every single hour, checking the time.  I did not want to over sleep.  

So tonight......I AM EXHAUSTED.   It is so tiring to sit at a hospital all day.    I haven't even had time to visit any of your Post, but hopefully I will be able to catch up tomorrow.  

                                 

Shug.......💛