Shingles redux

I took Mom to her eye specialist last Thursday. Shingles has reappeared in her right eye. It was really red and itching for several days. The doctor looked at her eye and told her that this was a flare up of shingles again. He wanted her to do eye drops every couple of hours every day. I told Dr. Carroll that she couldn't do that for herself and I am not there enough to do it either. He opted to give her a shot underneath the eye...basically some kind of steroid. Her eye started clearing up within 24 hours...so this is good news. We return for a follow up appointment this Thursday.