OHSU Visit

It was a beautiful day to drive to Portland and ride the tram from OHSU's upper campus to the lower campus by the river. You could see all the mountains and the sun was shining. We were late to see Dr. Gross from the Preadmission Testing Clinic, but everything went well there. Dr. Gross checked Curt's nose and throat with his "snake camera", and said it looked good. He thinks the surgery will help with Curt's headaches since most of his pain is around his eye. He also said that Curt's reading and watching TV could contribute to the dryness in his eye because he probably does not blink while doing this. He is still noncommittal about the "suspicious" spot. He wants us to keep in touch via e-mail after Curt's surgery and will contact us about another appointment. If Curt's headaches continue a couple weeks after the surgery, he will schedule another MRI sooner than April or May. We felt pretty good after seeing him. After a quick lunch, we saw Dr. Downs. He thought Curt's left eye looked irritated and slightly swollen in the corner of his lower lid, so he might correct that as well as raising his eyebrow and adding another weight to his eyelid. He will pull up his upper lip with 2 Goretex "strings" imbedded in his cheek and attached by a screw to his cheek bone. The surgery should take about 4 hours. We will spend the night at Angie's and then see Dr. Downs the next morning before returning to Corvallis. There will be another followup appointment in 1 1/2 weeks. After about 2 weeks, Curt can start to return to most of his activities (i.e. tennis).