Broken Key + More Cool Eye Photos

Who knew I was so strong? Ok not really. I went to open my car trunk and pulled up on the key while it was still in the lock. Good thing I have an extra key!

It is always exciting at work when I get to take photos of something I have never seen before. Sometimes I am not told what I am taking a picture of so I have to figure out what it is.

At first we thought it was a hard contact lens on the eye.

But after lifting the lid up even more, realized it was attached to his eye.




It is actually silicone oil leaking from behind the eye into the anterior chamber. The patient had a vitrectomy and the vitreous was replaced with silicone oil. Somehow it came from behind the iris and into the front chamber of the eye right behind the cornea. It is growing new blood vessels and not good for the cornea, since the cornea is avascular.




Anyway, usually the coolest pictures I get to take = not good news for the patient.

Cool Eye Photos

The last couple of days I have taken some pretty cool eye photos. Thought I would share.

My normal eye

(For comparison purposes)

Glaucoma Optic Nerve Cupping
Also notice the difference in the sizes between the two optic nerves

Retinal Hemorrhage

Retinal Hemorrhage

Right Eye Myelinated Nerve Fiber Layer

Left Eye Same Patient is Normal

More Photoshop

Planet Killian

Here is Planet Killian created with Photoshop.

More Random Photos

Cool old building in Uptown Charlotte, NC

Delicious Breakfast

Flip-flop aisle at Walmart. Never have I seen so many flip-flops in one place.

Saw this while driving to work one day

5 Summer Movies

It is that time of year again! Summer Blockbuster movie time. Every year I look forward to the action packed movies Hollywood has chosen for our viewing pleasure.

Here are the 5 I am looking forward to:







Yes there are 6 movies here but since I have already seen Star Trek I am not including it in the "looking forward" to list. Anyone else looking forward to movies?

Placemat

The long anticipated wait of the BK Placemat. Ok so it is my first real project after resuming my crocheting activities. I didn't quite follow the instructions and it came out not as tall as a normal placemat should. I added the border around it and think it turned out pretty good. It is still a little small, after putting a setting on it but I think it is still cute. It probably can double as a doily.

Setting

Found an excellent new sushi joint called Taiyo Pacific Grill & Sushi Bar. The presentation was beautiful so I took a picture for all to enjoy. Enjoy.

Slacker

I realized that I have not blogged in a long time and let me tell you why. I wanted to showcase my first knitting project. But then I realized I suck at knitting and decided to crochet. (I have crocheted in the past) I found this cute blanket pattern and got started. Well a month later I am only about halfway done and of course decided to start a smaller project to showcase. I found a cute placemat pattern and got started. Well let's just say I am super strong or super retarded but I broke the crochet hook. It was not one of those metal ones but an acrylic one. They are cheaper and now I see why. So I went back to A.C. Moore** and bought the metal crochet hooks so I don't break anymore of them. Hopefully in a couple of days I will be able to show off my fancy placemat!

**A.C. Moore is a craft store in the East that has 3 aisles of yarn! I didn't know there were that many types of yarn.

Snow Part III

When the forecast predicted snow again for this past weekend, I said to myself "No way will it snow again." Well, I was wrong. I opened my door yesterday about 6pm and I was greeted with around an inch of snow covering everything. Big snow flakes that kept snowing until early morning. We ended up with about 3 inches. Work this morning was canceled but opened at 1pm. By noon the roads were clear and the sun shining. Still not Rochester or even Utah/Idaho snow, but a pretty good amount for good old North Carolina.

7pm last night

Snow Part II

For the second time this winter it snowed! This being my third winter in Charlotte it is exciting because the last two winters it only snowed once in the winter season. I did get some photos on my way to work to show how little snow we got and even with that there were hardly any people driving on the road.

The roads were pretty clear so there was no talk of cancelling work. They did however cancel school, which is great for the kids!

More Southern Food

As I was grocery shopping last night and my Harris Teeter I happened to remember that I wanted to try more southern food. This hit me when I walked by the meat isle and saw Liver mush and Liver pudding. What a treat! OK not really but I did have to take a picture of them.

I do however remember seeing some "Southern Milk Chocolate Ice Cream" and decided it was time to try it. Plus they were on sale buy 1 get 1 free. I tried some after dinner last night and I have to say it is pretty good. Now I don't actually taste a difference between chocolate ice cream and this but hey it was good.

Random cloud photo from yesterday.

I have not tried fat back or black eyed peas yet as no one will make them for me. When I do, I will blog about them.

Signs

I love to take pictures of random signs I find in my life. Here are a few from my camera phone. I have to say LG makes a good camera phone.

I love the hypothermia victims face and how the snowman is happy.

Random

Good fried pickles here

Speaks for itself

Is it saying the staff is handicapped?

Sign missing

I really like how they have expanded up on the "No walk-up guests" sign at the drive-thru

(This includes guests on coasting devices and non-motorized vehicles that have been altered)


You only see this sign after you have been waiting in the drive-thru line for 10 mintues and there are cars in front of and behind you.

Snowed in!... sort of

Charlotte is not know for it's cold weather. About once a year there is a snow watch. Yesterday was the day! We received about 3 inches of snow during the night and had flurries during the day until 2pm. Now the biggest hope when it snows is that work will close down. The schools close down so the kids are happy to play in the snow all day. My work however, does not close down. We brave the snowy with ice underneath roads to sit at work and see about 1/6th of our patient schedule. Such excitement! For those of you who are thinking "Are you joking me? They close down for 3 inches of snow?" Yes, they do not have any snow plow trucks or salt trucks to clear the roads. Really it is smart. How many times have you wished that people who didn't know how to drive in the snow would stay off the roads?

Not Charlotte, NC. Just a pretty snow photo.

New Year

Happy New Year to everyone. Hope it is going to be better than last year. Ha just kidding... Well today is a crazy rain day and I think I have mentioned before the drainage problem here in Charlotte. Usually I am not quick on the ball to get any pictures of the random flooding but today as I was waiting in the drive-thru of Taco Bell at lunch, I found my car sitting in a huge puddle about a six inches deep. Photos:


I have been slacking on the posting but will try to get more interesting posts up. Although most of you don't want to hear about how it was 65 degrees on Christmas Day here, or that the coldest day of the year is 20 degrees.