After all my indecisiveness last night, the decision about whether or not to go to the RVI was effectively made for me by Lily and Rose, who decided to get up at 6.45 this morning.
As we were up so early, it made sense for Charles to drop me in town, return home to sort out the girls and then pick me up when I was done.
And so that is what we did.
The wait in Eye Casualty wasn't so bad this morning. Once it was my turn I was actually seen by no fewer than THREE doctors, who described my case as 'complicated' and informed me that there is some evidence that the back of the cornea is now infected. The cloudiness I'm experiencing is a complication arising from the herpes simplex virus (can't remember the name of it just now) and I've been put on steroids to help with that. The oral Aciclovir has been DOUBLED to 800mgs, five times a day and I've to use the ointment again, even though they agreed it can be caustic to the cornea. If the pain is too extreme though, I've to go back in 24 hours!
I have to say I can't fault the attenton I had today. I was in there for an hour's consultation, so can't complain at that. I just hope all this starts to have some effect.
LILY & ROSE
Here are some photos of Lily & Rose. There are a few from the first time we saw them when they were just 4 weeks old. They would fit on your hand at this age and didn't look much like westies!
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Good decision... must make you feel a bit better
ReplyDeleteYeah - glad I went and got it over with. Not so pleased with the prognosis though. The view today is that an implant will probably be a non-starter because the virus will attack that as well and I'll be no better off.
ReplyDeleteAs one of the docs this morning said,"It's a real bugger is this virus. It just lies in wait for months or even years and then suddenly decides it's time to come out to play."