I Just Got A TEXT from Brother--THANK THE POWERS!!!

[binaryalchemist]

Just a moment ago the cell phone (which has been glued to me all day) buzzed with a text--Dale is out, awake and doing well---and here's the BEST PART--they decided to try to get in through the side of his head, going through the ear. That means he lost the inner ear and will not recover his hearing on that side--BUT they didn't have to drill big holes in his skull or take the front part of his face off--which is what we originally thought they'd have to do to get it since it was behind the eyesocket. They went in through the side and got the little bastard.
Furious as I am at his wife--and there are no words for that level of anger--hearing from him and knowing it went so well means the world to me!!!!!!!

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[dragonimp.livejournal.com]

That's so wonderful! The loss of hearing in one ear seems so trivial compared to what could've happened.

(I wonder if it wasn't his wife who blocked you from his FB page. That woman seems to give a new definition to petty.)

[binaryalchemist.livejournal.com]

Oh, you are so right. About 8 years ago they told me they would have to destroy most of the sight in my right eye to save the eye itself--using a laser scalpel to stop a hemorrage. I said, "Are you kidding me?? Fire it up and let's go!" In six months (yeah, a car accident and quite a few falls later, teehee) my left eye became dominant and I adapted and only occasionally notice that I do not have full binocular vision. Dale will adapt--he has been tortured by tintinitis and humming--now it's blissfully quiet inside his head.

As for my sister n law...that's childish and cruel. And with forgiveness---I forgive up to a point...and it takes a hell of a lot to reach that point. She's passed it.