Eye Check is Good

On August 1st, the specialist says that Ed's eye is 'calm' ; meaning no sign of fungus growth. Which is good. However, the big test comes when he goes off of the anti fungal oral pill and eyedrops after August 15th. Then, he will have weekly eye exams to check for 'blurriness' in the anterior chamber of the eye for 6 weeks.

Increase in blurriness in the Slit Lamp exam would probably mean that the fungus is growing again. The Infection Control doctor was great in explaining all of this to us. Ed's blood tests show that, so far, the anti fungal 'super drug' is not harming his liver function. He still needs a blood test every week to monitor that for two more weeks.

Then, we will know for sure that the fungus will not take hold again and no more treatment for it will be needed. Personally, I think it is a very dead fungus already!!!

Ed has slight improvements in vision each day but still can only see to count fingers at about 2 feet distance. This should improve more over time.

So, we will be going for weekly check-ups after the week of August 15th (Aug. 15th we are back at the Eye Care Centre to see 2 specialists to check both the front and back sections of the eye). The other good news is that the Voriconazole eye drops are now reduced to every 2 hours. Ed still gets two other drops, anti-glaucoma drop (Combigan) one twice a day, and the Prednisilone drop still at four times a day. The antibiotic drop was stopped.

The 'every 2 hour' Voriconazole eye drops will be over on Aug. 15th. It has been 2 1/2 weeks of hourly eye drops!! Ed will be able to put drops in his own eye soon, once he is healed more.

All the specialists are kind, helpful and informative. This has really helped on this journey!