Sue@Sea
Here Comes The Sun (C6138)
There’s a saying, “it’s always darkest before the dawn” and over the past 9 months, I’ve come to believe it.
My darkness fell early on Boxing Day morning (December 26, 2012) when a devastating fire reduced my little house on the prairie and all of its contents to ash and rubble. The dogs, horses and I were safe, but everything else was destroyed. Not one to wallow, I rehomed the animals and settled into the Best Western hotel in Strathmore to continue living life with as much normalcy as possible while tackling the humongous task of rebuilding my home.
A few weeks later, I experienced a detached retina in my right eye that required several rounds of surgery to resolve. The procedures themselves weren’t too bad, (if you don’t mind getting Freon gas injected into your eyeball or having intensely bright laser beams shot into the back of your eye after your pupil is dilated), but were followed by 3 weeks of strict “face down” bed rest, and another 5 months of extremely restricted exercise to ensure the retina would heal properly. My vision deteriorated to such an extent that I was deemed “unfit to work” and put on long-term disability for over 7 months.
Homeless, unemployed and disabled – not exactly the life I dreamed of living.
Fortunately, with the help of incredibly kind and generous friends, family, colleagues, insurance adjusters (and more than a few strangers), and the amazing talents of my retinal surgeon and optometrist, I overcame these challenges and am now getting on with my life.
It may be true that “it’s always darkest before the dawn”, but dawn is breaking, here comes the sun!
Here Comes The Sun (C6138)
There’s a saying, “it’s always darkest before the dawn” and over the past 9 months, I’ve come to believe it.
My darkness fell early on Boxing Day morning (December 26, 2012) when a devastating fire reduced my little house on the prairie and all of its contents to ash and rubble. The dogs, horses and I were safe, but everything else was destroyed. Not one to wallow, I rehomed the animals and settled into the Best Western hotel in Strathmore to continue living life with as much normalcy as possible while tackling the humongous task of rebuilding my home.
A few weeks later, I experienced a detached retina in my right eye that required several rounds of surgery to resolve. The procedures themselves weren’t too bad, (if you don’t mind getting Freon gas injected into your eyeball or having intensely bright laser beams shot into the back of your eye after your pupil is dilated), but were followed by 3 weeks of strict “face down” bed rest, and another 5 months of extremely restricted exercise to ensure the retina would heal properly. My vision deteriorated to such an extent that I was deemed “unfit to work” and put on long-term disability for over 7 months.
Homeless, unemployed and disabled – not exactly the life I dreamed of living.
Fortunately, with the help of incredibly kind and generous friends, family, colleagues, insurance adjusters (and more than a few strangers), and the amazing talents of my retinal surgeon and optometrist, I overcame these challenges and am now getting on with my life.
It may be true that “it’s always darkest before the dawn”, but dawn is breaking, here comes the sun!