...dilation. Looks like my hopes to see normally were misplaced. This morning I went to the actual hospital where the surgery will be performed to get my pre-op exam. All of the tests were ones I had done at least once at Brooks, but the techs kept explaining them like I'd never seen them before and saying things like "I know we have some weird tests here compared to what you've seen."
After doing about 90% of the tests, one of the techs gave me more dilating drops just to be sure I'd stay dilated for the full exam. After that I think I had about 10 total minutes of exam time so they were probably unneccessary, but nobody asked me.
The final meeting was with a doctor who told me there was nothing to yesterday's brief glaucoma discussion. He said he saw nothing in my eyes or the record to even mention the topic. Now all I have to do is wait the whole weekend and then come back Monday morning at 6:30 to finally get the surgery.
On another note, after ponying up a few bucks for a local dial-up account, I discovered today that the lodging office has free wi-fi in its lobby. I'm here in a conference room right off the lobby with about 5 other families all checking email and surfing the web. It's not as convenient as my room, but it's a heck of a lot faster than the 36.4 dial-up speed I've been getting.
