The result
of the 2nd Right eye surgery was that everything is fine, said the
Ophthalmologist (the doctor). One more
appointment with the doctor will be in one week, and then this surgery will be
all done. Thank you for your prayers.
The surgery
was performed at 7:30 A.M. on October 15.
The surgery was finished and went to the waiting room at 8 A.M. after the surgery. At the first surgery
all those preparations made Hiroko surprised, but Hiroko knew what would happen
this time, so during waiting for the surgery Hiroko slept about 10
minutes. Did you think that Hiroko could
sleep before the surgery? Well, if you
know Hiroko this is her. It was well known among her family and friends that she could sleep any place at anytime. Because of this 10 minutes of sleep or weak anesthesia,
Hiroko was awake during the surgery. It
made Hiroko very anxious, nervous and scared, because she could tell what the
doctor was doing; felt pain a little, put something in the eye and the doctor
asked to put Hiroko’s eyeball down, so Hiroko tried to do that. Her blood pressure went up so high. At the waiting room, a cup of water and
crackers given by a nurse made Hiroko relaxed, so her blood pressure came down
right after. The doctor came to greet and
remind Hiroko for the following day’s appointment, and sign the release
paper. Hiroko felt something in her eye
but she wanted to go home as soon as possible, so she didn’t say
anything. Well, it might be my
imagination.
No need to
wait for anesthesia to wear down, and her blood pressure came down
soon, Dan-san and Hiroko came home at 9 A.M. compared to last time it was 10
A.M. Feeling of something in the eye
faded away, but the diluted eye made Hiroko hard to read and see anything, so
she took about one hour morning nap.
For lunch,
Dan-san went to pick up corn beef sandwiches.
Now, Hiroko has to relax and do nothing, but it makes Hiroko anxious. Not doing anything and sitting
still, can you do it? Well, Pastor John,
Devon Church was talking about this.
Many Christians, right now, are very busy and no time for sitting
still. Even in the Bible, Psalm 49:10 said,
“He says, “Be
still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will
be exalted in the earth.” Pastor asked
us to sit still with Jesus as friend, or sit still and keep the Sabbath
Day. It is good day for Hiroko to do
this in practice. It was very hard for
Hiroko to do this for even one hour.
Hiroko
appreciates your prayers during this surgery.
It will be very good to see everything. The doctor suggested Hiroko to see the optometrist
for new glasses one month later. It will
take about one month to settle the New Artificial eye’s ability to see. Thank you so much for your concern and
telephone calls and prayer.
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Here is the stories how Hiroko’s sleep habit is so well known.
Hiroko has no special memories about seeping in the Grammar
schools, but Jr. High, High School and College Hiroko has couple of memories.
In the Jr. High, the lady music teacher asked Hiroko not to
sing, because Hiroko’s voice was 1 octave higher than other children in her
class. Hiroko started to read the books,
the teacher didn't say anything, so Hiroko slept, too.
In High School, Hiroko forgot what kind of the lessons she
slept through, but she surely must have slept.
In college Hiroko comfortably slept at class in the assembly hall
Hiroko’s High School years, there was a big fire near Hiroko’s
house. Remember Japanese houses are made
with wood and paper, so it made everyone nervous because of the sparks from the fire. Hiroko’s whole family woke
up and was nervous about the fire, but Hiroko slept through the
disturbance. Hiroko’s mother came into
her bedroom to check how the fire had turned out.
Hiroko’s mother saw Hiroko and said to everyone that Hiroko would not
wake up even if the fire were on her feet.
Hiroko’s college was supported by American Christian group,
so the college told the whole new students at the first assembly that in this
college taking the Christianity study was the
required lesson. When Hiroko
heard that she thought she should study her own religion, so she went to
the Enkakuji, Zen Buddhism temple in Kamakura.
The first night, actually the following morning Hiroko slept over two
hours. One of the leaders came to wake Hiroko up with sorry voice for breakfast. Whole Enkakuji knew about this incident, but
everyone came to see Hiroko encouraging continuously coming to Zazen at Enkakuji. After that Hiroko went to Enkakuji for Zazen
for 13 years.
Many other stories, but Hiroko felt little bit ashamed to tell
you more stories.
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