The Pecan Park Eagle

"Thank you, Dr. Colby Stewart! - Thank you very much!"

Six hours ago I was coming out of day surgery for cataract removal surgery on my right eye. As the above photo shows, I had the left eye done on July 28, 2011, exactly four weeks ago with no problem. With Dr. Stewart’s knowledge, skill, and keen eye, and the Will of God blowing my way, everything went painlessly, quickly, and successfully. The whole time in surgery took no more than ten minutes.

On my left eye procedure in July, I don’t remember a thing because of the anesthesia. This time, for some inexplicable reason, I remained conscious through the whole thing, but still experienced no pain or apprehension. I trust Dr. Colby Stewart.

Making a decision to trust a surgeon with a surgery that pertains to something so vital as “sightedness or blindness” is pretty big. All I could do is research my choices and then follow the path of faith I found in testimonials and walking results. I didn’t have to search long and far. Nearly three years ago, my good friend and personal optometrist, Dr. Sam Quintero, OD,  discovered evidence of my wife Norma’s brain tumor during the process of what we thought was going to be a mere routine eye exam.

At some other doctor’s office, this test and discovery might have been missed, but it wasn’t at Sam’s. The man always goes the extra mile to be thorough and to insist upon the kind of testing that fits in with the age and symptoms presented by his patients. Maybe that’s why Dr. Quintero also holds a full-time position among the senior faculty at the University of Houston School of Optometry.  He is the consummate professional.

At any rate, when I learned that Dr. Quintero had referred his own mother to Dr. Colby Stewart for cataract surgery, that was good enough for me.

Today I’ve been basically sleeping since my son Neal brought me home from the day surgery place at Twelve Oaks Professional Building on the Southwest Freeway, but I’m feeling quite OK. I just need to rest and stay out of the sun’s relentless glare, take my eye drops four times a day, – and then go see Dr. Stewart in the morning for a followup visit.

That’s it.

When Dr. Stewart came dressed in his UT gear and flashed the "hook 'em" sign for our post-surgical photo, he left me no choice but to hit the picture too with my "Cougar Claw."

I had no intentions of writing anything today, but when I awoke this afternoon, I thought, “Why not? Surgery was hours ago and I’m feeling great about it! Time to share the joy and then go back to taking it easy. First I need to directly express my appreciation to Dr. Colby Stewart one more time:

“Thank you! ………….. Thank you very much!”