Entering a New Phase

Walter had a checkback with his eye surgeon the other day. His sight is pretty stable now. His doctor has decided to take away the antirejection eye drop medicine he is taking. The doc left him on the medication longer than he usually does because of all the different issues for Walter's eye. But he decided it was time.

Walter has to go back in 2 weeks now to make sure that there are no ill effects from stopping that medication. If all goes well Walter's eye pressure will likely go down. That's a good thing. Walter is currently taking 3 medications (eye drops) to keep his glaucoma (high eye pressure) under control. It will be nice if he can be weaned off one or two of those.

The doctor is pleased with how the corneal graft is healing. Walter still has stitches in his eye and those are fine to stay there. As the doc put it "we are entering a new phase." With luck this new phase will mean less medicine. Yay!