Eye Problem

My husband James told me a few weeks ago that his left eye felt funny. He described it as "somehow when I only use my left eye, the lines are funny. Umm. It is like having a piece of paper folded diagonally (45 degree) and then the top half of the paper is re-folded down again, pretty close to the first dotted line. So part of the paper is overlapped when you look."

He used his two hands to show me how a very slim part of the paper may be overlapped. Because he said it so calmly, I never thought it was a big deal. "How long have you noticed this?" "Oh a few weeks." But he was too busy to tell me. Other than all the regular things we have to do, our son got married on August 18th!

But James went ahead and called an ophthalmologist anyway. We mentioned to some people. One sister told me I should drive him. "I know. I plan to drive him. I know he could not drive home if his eyes get dialated."

After the examination, the doctor said he had some ideas. "But I want you to see a specialist. There are three retina specialists in W.C. You don't have to call. Someone will call you." From what he said and not said, I imagine things could be pretty serious. But it must not be that serious if he tells us to wait. At least it was not an emergency. Right?