Finished Oral Voraconazole

August 15, Tuesday. We went to the 'big city' and saw the specialists. Both specialists were happy because Ed's eye was calm; no inflammation. However, now that the oral Voriconazole is ended, we will wait and see if the fungus returns or not. Return of the fungus? We believe it is gone.
Just in case, the one specialist asked Ed to stay on the Voriconazole eye drops for another 2 weeks. The specialist is away for a week. We see him again on Aug.28 to check Ed's eye. The specialist says that Ed will feel pain and his eye will get red if the fungus starts to return. The second specialist said that he thinks Ed's immune system will take care of any few spores which may be left. The second specialist (retinal specialist) was reading the surgical report and he said that Ed was fortunate to have kept his eye. There was diseased tissue even close to the retinal wall. We want to have a copy of the surgical report and will ask next time.
The second specialist said the eye is saved but the vision may be blurry for always. The first specialist (who did the surgery) said that after several months, after the stitches come out, there are options to improve the vision such as glasses, contacts, perhaps even a total corneal transplant.
Cross that bridge when we come to it.
So, Ed is still on Voraconazole eye drops, Prednisolone eye drops and Combigan eye drops (stabilize eye pressure).
And that's our update. Ed's energy is increasing all the time. He now can drive and he feels free again!! We are going to buy him a really good eye shield (face shield) for any outdoor or wood work.
He can go swimming now, too, so there will be a swim before summer is over.