Please help me understand, fungal infection of cornea

This will be long-
Over a month ago after falling asleep with my contacts in I suffered an abrasion to my cornea, it did not respond to bacterial antibiotics and it ulcerated, I was referred out to a very excellent Doctor and he performed a test that took pictures of the infection and found a fungus that we determined probably infected the abrasion while swimming in a public pool.  He adjusted my meds to Baqucil, vigamox, and natacyn.  I have used all three in various doses over the last month- at times every hour 24 hours a day- excluding vigamox only four times daily.  As you can imagine I have been in alot of pain and discomfort.  The abrasion is healing, but the discomfort is not.  Dr. Caldwell performed a culture four days ago, since, my eye has been much worse.  I am using the drops every half hour, excluding the vigamox.  Is it common to have much more blurred vision after such a procedure? And truthfully I am really just wondering when I will start to feel some relief.  Dr. Caldwell is trying to avoid a cornea transplant, I am 27 years old and he said that a cornea transplant could cause problems for me in the future.  I am so sensitive to light that driving is extremely difficult, even leaving light on at home is painful.  I am very concerned about my life in general, this injury is making my everyday activities sometimes nearly impossible.  My main concern is my job.  Is there anything that I can do to ease the pain? Will it really take up to four months to heal?

[Michael J Kutryb, MD]

Unfortunately, your eye still appears to be in critical condition in the intensive care unit - to use an analogy.  I believe Baqucil is sometimes used for potential amoeba infections which can be found in pools and drinking water.  You seem to be seeing a corneal expert so my advice is to so what he says exactly.  I'm sorry but your eyes has a very, very serious problem.  The worst cast scenario is corneal transplantation, which has a very high success rate.  Stay strong and keep on - this too will pass.  I know it is very hard and you probably just want it to end - what you are feeling is totally normal. You're going to make it through this, I  have seen it many times before.

MJK MD