Finally! The few photo's I took from my trip with Jeremy to San Antonio for his eye surgery. This is the center at Lackland AFB that they do the vision correction at. His was PRK. Amazing technology, I did video the whole procedure thru the window on Jeremy's phone so who knows if that might show up on their blog. He had appointments some days here and some days across the road at the huge hospital the Air Force has there. The lasers and surgeries are all done at this center, it was interesting how set up they are for it with big groups all going thru it at the same time, you could tell what part of the process they were in even by how dim the lights were inside the building! A couple appointments the day before, then the day of surgery, the day after surgery and then a couple days later, before being released to their own eye doctors on their perspective bases.
We had a wonderful hotel to stay at, we didn't ever move to Randolph as the rates were quite high on Base for what these rooms cost, And there was a lovely breakfast and what other state would have waffles in the shape of their state!
One morning we did venture out in the day light and stopped to visit with this nice man that is building an RV plane similar to the one Jeremy wants to build. It was great for me to see how it worked and see the one he had in his hanger that he was building, quite the process! I loved the colors he painted this one. Thank goodness it was in the shade, this was our only daylight excursion other than the eye Dr. appointments so the sun was a little bright! We were very nocturnal.
We went to Gruene ( pronounced like the color Green) Texas, what a quiant little place, if you ever get to that area look it up. This is the oldest dance hall in Texas, there was a country band playing there so we sat and listened at these old wooden tables that have probably been there for decades. Meryl Haggard had just played on that stage the night before.
Next door was the Gristmill, what a great place to eat.
It's high on the banks of the river where the mill was and alot of the stone walls are intact, it rambles up and over all kinds of areas with patio seating, we had the most fantastic burgers and then we shared this strawberry shortcake that was to die for! What a great week it was to share with my youngest! He was able to drive the 3 hours home monday from Jackson Miss. so he's home and sees his eye dr. today. It'll be interesting to hear what improvements he'll have. Every day he was seeing better. I'm so glad I got to experience this as I understand now why the Air Force is doing this, nothing better than a pilot with perfect vision! I will think of you Jeremy next time I open up the oven door and my glasses fog up or I get that speck in my contacts! I'm so glad you withstood this week of hell to get where you'll be! A much clearer seeing pilot is about to embark!
We had a wonderful hotel to stay at, we didn't ever move to Randolph as the rates were quite high on Base for what these rooms cost, And there was a lovely breakfast and what other state would have waffles in the shape of their state!
One morning we did venture out in the day light and stopped to visit with this nice man that is building an RV plane similar to the one Jeremy wants to build. It was great for me to see how it worked and see the one he had in his hanger that he was building, quite the process! I loved the colors he painted this one. Thank goodness it was in the shade, this was our only daylight excursion other than the eye Dr. appointments so the sun was a little bright! We were very nocturnal.
We went to Gruene ( pronounced like the color Green) Texas, what a quiant little place, if you ever get to that area look it up. This is the oldest dance hall in Texas, there was a country band playing there so we sat and listened at these old wooden tables that have probably been there for decades. Meryl Haggard had just played on that stage the night before.
Next door was the Gristmill, what a great place to eat.
It's high on the banks of the river where the mill was and alot of the stone walls are intact, it rambles up and over all kinds of areas with patio seating, we had the most fantastic burgers and then we shared this strawberry shortcake that was to die for! What a great week it was to share with my youngest! He was able to drive the 3 hours home monday from Jackson Miss. so he's home and sees his eye dr. today. It'll be interesting to hear what improvements he'll have. Every day he was seeing better. I'm so glad I got to experience this as I understand now why the Air Force is doing this, nothing better than a pilot with perfect vision! I will think of you Jeremy next time I open up the oven door and my glasses fog up or I get that speck in my contacts! I'm so glad you withstood this week of hell to get where you'll be! A much clearer seeing pilot is about to embark!
Great photos and a great time for mother & son to be together too!
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