Mrs. Art and Bella

We all love Mrs. Art (Mrs. Hayes-Hagar) . She is such a wonderful art teacher!

Now we have to send her our best wishes and prayers for healing. She was diagnosed with a melanoma in her left eye. The eye was removed on Monday, February 11th.

Mrs. Art has had a successful operation! She will be home and recovering for the next few weeks.

She will be back at school in March with her new eye or a designer eyepatch!

If you make a card or a Valentine for Mrs. Art, bring it to the Library and Mrs. Gundrum will take it to Mrs. Art.

Here is a link to Mrs. Art's Ocularist.

Here is Mrs. Art's Blog!

Click here to send Mrs. Art an e-mail

Here are some FAQs from children:

Q: Will you be able to see out of your new eye?
A: No.

Q: Does it move like a real eye?
A:Yes. The surgeon attaches the muscles to the orbital implant, called a "prosthesis".

Q: Will you still have tears?
A: Yes.

Q: How did you get this tumor?
A: Only 6 out of 1 million adults get this tumor. I was one of the 6.

Q: Do you have keep your eye closed?
A: No. The new eye will be just like the other eye. Blinking, closing for sleep and open in the day.

Q: What do they do with the old eye?
A: The hospital will dispose of it.

Q: Why can't you have an eye transplant?
A: An eye transplant should more specifically be called a Corneal transplant. Only the front transparent portion of the eye, the cornea, is transplanted. The whole eye is not transplanted.