Knock Knock Eye: My July 4th On-Call Recap

Knock Knock, Hi! with the Glaucomfleckens · Jul 16, 2026 · 38m

I almost finished my July 4th call week. Good news! Portland did not blow its face off this year. No open globes, no eyelid lacerations, no thermal injuries, no sclopetaria. Bad news: a Friday holiday means every unanswered call from every patient at every one of our offices lands on the on-call doctor, and I earned every one of them.

I walk through three cases. First, a cataract surgery my partner had to abort mid-procedure because the patient had six clock hours of zonule laxity. I explain what zonules actually do, why pseudoexfoliation ruins your day, and how a viscoelastic-driven pressure…