I thought I posted on the blog last month about Walter's vision, but it looks like I did not. Walter had a setback with his vision decreasing since the first of December. It was rather scary because he seemed to have lost any gains made from the surgery. At his appointment in late December the doctor said the transplant still looked good, but the eye was red and the surface of the cornea was rough. He wanted to make sure we weren't on our way to rejection, so he increased Walter's dose of the antirejection drug to three times a day.Walter went back to the doctor last Friday . His vision is "marginally improved" from last time. Of course I am hoping this will be a trend and it will just keep getting better until he at least has regained the sight he had after the transplant.
The doctor cut back a little on the antirejection drug. The antirejection drug increases eye pressure, and his eye pressure is too high. It's a balancing act with the meds to keep his eye pressure in a safe range yet keep the graft healthy so the eye won't reject it. Who knows how long it will take to see where Walter's vision ends up. For now we wait...
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Recovering takes such great patience!!!! Tell Walter to hang in there--and you too Carm. I pray that your prediction will indeed become a reality. :-)
Colette
What's the upside potential look like (W's chances for improved vision, how improved it would be) versus the downside potential?
Is the initial marginal improvement to be expected in a trendline toward better vision?
Here's to a positive outcome and better sight for Walter!
Christina
Thank you for your encouraging words Colette and Christina! It helps to know so many people are wishing Walter well.
Before the surgery they gave Walter these odds: 50% chance of improved eyesight, 40% chance of no change, 10% chance of decreased sight.
Walter's eye is very unique and you never know what is going to happen. The doctor answers a lot of questions with "I don't know." He is a top rated specialist, and I believe he knows what he is doing, it's just that something like this is such an inexact science. He doesn't know what is going to happen, and we just have to wait and see and hope.
Carm
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