So during the last few weeks Riley has mentioned a few times that his vision in his right eye has gotten worse and maybe he needed a new prescription for his glasses.
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To give a little bit of background, Riley wore contacts before his diagnosis (Dec. 2011). He could not wear contacts during his treatment and in August of 2012 I brought him back to the eye doctor. He had a great eye check up and was fitted for contacts again.
Fast forward to about November 2012... Riley started wearing his glasses more and more and said the contacts were bugging him. We didn't think much of it, just thought he liked his glasses and needed to get acclimated better with the contacts.
Fast forward now to January 2013 and Riley feels like his right eye needs a better prescription.
I make an eye appointment for him and as he sits in the chair and is asked to read the letters on the screen ... HE CANNOT. Like at all!
His left eye is better than his right, but not great. I sat in a bit of shock. "What? You can't see those giant, bold letters?!"
Turns out Riley's eyes are so severely dry that his right cornea is swollen and scratched.
GRAFT VS. HOST of the eye.
As soon as the doctor said "dry", I knew what it was.
They did several tests and found out for now that the vision loss is not permanent, thankfully. ... but our doctor is concerned for "holes" to develop on the cornea. We went home with a prescription steroid eye drop and artificial tears. Both to be given 4 times a day.
I asked Riley why he never complained of dry eyes and he said, "I guess I'm just used to it". He did have severe dry mouth and eyes while going through chemo. Time just passes and the little improvement he had felt "normal". ... What is "normal" anyway??
We will be returning for a check up in one week.
