Pictures from my first day back: St Patrick's Day!

Mikaelah was born with two different colored eyes. She is the one who gave me the idea to have my new eye painted a little different from the other eye!  In this picture I am still wearing my temporary conformer. Notice how white it is! Yikes!
My first morning back at Waukazoo with Mrs. Coughenour's class. Look at all the leprauchans!
This is my Mrs. Van Dyke's class at Sheldon Woods. I am drawing on the board, telling my students about the process of getting an implant and a prosthetic eye.
We spent some time talking about my experience and getting caught up a little!

I GOT MY NEW EYE!!!

If you look carefully at the closeup of my eye, you can see the turquoise and gold specks that Mike added!  Isn't it beautiful?

This picture was taken by Annie on Saturday.  I think that it is hard to tell which eye is my natural one, and which one is my special new one!  Sometimes it almost seems like I can see out of my new eye!

This is Mike painting my eye very carefully. Below is his palette, where he mixes his colors. Notice how many different colors he used to paint my eye! We all have many colors in our eyes, even though we may call them " brown" or "blue."  MIke uses special maginifying glasses so that he can see what he is doing. Jewelers and hobbyists also use glasses like this.  In front of him are the pigments. or special paints from which he mixes the colors.

Above, you can see his " toolbox"--see the little "iris buttons" inside? He makes these ahead of time, and then custom paints them for people. Mine, he made from scratch, because of the unusual way I asked him to paint it!

Mike is a very talented artist, and he is also a knowledgeable scientist, and a very special person.  He likes to help people like me who have lost their eye.  Because of Mike, I feel that I look like a normal person again. He has given me a great gift! THANK YOU , MIKE!
Below, I am waiting in Mike's exam room while he adds paint to my new eye!

Hi, WO Gang! Here I am feeling almost like my old self again. I get a new eye on Friday, but it is just a temporary one, not the final, custom made eye that will have the turquoise touch to it! I am very excited to get my new eye. I am getting very used to just seeing out of my right eye. It is weird how your brain sort of adjusts when stuff like this happens. It doesn't hurt anymore, but I still get headaches sometimes. I am getting used to doing many things with one eye-driving, cooking, reading, art....I am finding out that it isn't going to be a big deal at all!

I miss you all and will be back part time next week so I will be able to see you all again soon. 

Love you all, Mrs. Art

My visit to Waukazoo

Hi, All, Here are the pictures from my visit. It was SO FUN AND WONDERFUL to be there with you. I can hardly wait to start teaching again!

Sunday March 3rd

Hi, Everybody!

It is a beautiful sunny morning! Bella and I just went for a long walk. It felt so good to be outside!

I have been missing being active and I am now feeling like I can start getting back to normal.

It was so wonderful to see many of you on Thursday. I will post the pics Annie took so you can see.

I am going to be out of school for two more weeks. This is what is recommended, even though I wish I could come back sooner, because I miss you guys so much. This means that I plan to be back on Monday, March 17-St. Patrick's DAy!! Keep your fingers crossed for me!

My son Jon and my daughter Annie are designing eyes for me---take a look!

love, Mrs. ARt