I didn't want the title to be too alarming. Merril was having trouble seeing out of his good eye. After googling some symptoms, it seemed a little scary. He had a new big floater and had seen some flashes of light. Those can be signs of a detached retina. He jumped over to St. George to get an eye appointment and it's not a retinal detachment. He was diagnosed with a large posterior vitreous detachment. The jelly in your eyeball pulls away from the back. It's more common as we age and more common for people with nearsightedness.
These are the pictures of the inside of his eye. It shouldn't require any surgery and the big grey floater will improve over the next 6 months. If it doesn't get much better, they can zap the floater with a laser to break it up. So he should be okay.
It was a little scary for half a day. He followed up with a retinal specialist and they weren't concerned with it either. Merril's dad had detached retinas and we didn't want the same thing happening to him. He should be good though!
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