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Andy was seen by the day-call retina specialist on the wednesday before thanksgiving. He did not see the indications of maculopathy the neurologist noted, namely the macula looked elevated to him in places, and had an appearance differing from the macula in the affected eye.

The retina specialist thought Andy's macula looked normal.
He scheduled an OCT, a test that provides a detailed tomography of the area and which could reveal abnormalities not seen in a regular dilated pupil exam.

He wasn't able to get to the right building to do that test until Wednesday - obviously he felt it could wait.

I called the office of the doctor who referred Andy to the neurologist this morning, the monday after thanksgiving, and
the person who answered the phone was able to move that OCT up to this afternoon.

This might make the retina guy mad, or the other doctor uncomfy, but it's been three weeks since Andy lost his eyesight and I'm not willing to lose any more time.

If there is something going on with Andy's macula, this test should be revealing. I want it ruled in or out ASAP.

If the macula is normal, we are back where we started; Andy possibly has glaucoma that is or isn't related to his vision loss, and has an undetermined type of optic neuropathy.