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Friday.   Today was our appointment with the cornea specialist, Dr. McColgin.  She agreed, there was no doubt that Riley had GVHD of the eye.  She folded back his eyelids and said that he has scarring and even open sores on the inside of his eyelids.  Ugh.  Graft vs. Host Disease attacks his body tissue and can occur anywhere.  Right now he is experiencing severe dryness which has caused his eye to be scratched every time he blinks.  His vision has not yet improved in his right eye even with the steroid eye drops.  Dr. McColgin wants to put a "plug" in the drainage duct in his eyes.  This will hopefully keep what few tears he is making, in his eyes.  She hopes that the steroid drop will help to improve his vision before she sees him again in two weeks.