Completed last day at DVI clinic

As Nimi has said, this had been a bumpy ride in Israel so far. She had a free pass to the Imbal Hotel spa and gym the other day and although had a good workout, she coincidentally  developed a puzzling rash on her lower legs and arms a short while later.  They are not itchy or painful, but look awful . She is using Benadryl to try and calm the redness and although it is not going away yet, she is sleeping really well.  Maybe something at the spa, the soap, the workout mat????

In the meantime, when we came back from dinner and a long walk last night, I experienced a weird flashing in my left eye.  While reading in bed, I noticed a large spider web-like floater in the left eye and then later, going to the bathroom, a strobing arcing flashing in the eye.  Sort of panicky, I thought this is another tear in the retina.  This is my good eye!.  Last year, the other eye was repaired.

At 2 in the morning, I googled the Hadassa Hospital for information on their eye clinic and also local eye doctors for contact information.  I also emailed a friend in Toronto, a pediatric opthamologist, if he had contacts in Israel. I tried to stay calm and figured, in the morning, I would go to the DVI clinic and see if someone could recommend someone I could "see" (this is a pun).

I decided at the clinic that I might as well work and later that morning,  Aliza got me an appointment with a doctor not far away for 1pm.The long and short of it -no tear but some of the vitreous fluid had leaked and caused the floater and flashing.  He examined the eye thoroughly and assured me that the eye had not retinal tear and was ok and the other eye that had been repaired looked good.

That is a relief - we are packing our bags this evening and getting ready to move to another
apartment close by for two nights before starting our bike ride.