Yesterday, when I picked up Isabelle at school she ran over
to the fence crying and said she had got something in her eye. I looked at it
and didn’t see anything so I figured it was no big deal. Surprisingly though
she wanted to leave right away which is unusual since we’re always the last
ones on the playground and I’m dragging them out. So I knew her eye must have
been really bothering her. We went home, I put some drops in it, it seemed
better. Then right before we headed off to the Healthy Kids Summit she started
crying that it hurt again. It’s just so hard to tell with a four year old when
it’s a big deal and when it’s just drama. I honestly knew that there was something
wrong with it but just how wrong?
She said she was feeling up to go so we went to the event
anyway. She ended up holding a tissue over her eye the entire time even while
running the obstacle course and kicking field goals! The poor kid didn’t
complain but looked so pathetic with her little tissue eye.
I was hoping that a good night’s sleep would solve all of
our problems but when she woke up this morning it was still red, a bit swollen,
and bothering her so we headed to the doctor. After some drops and some funky
black light action, they confirmed that she did indeed have a scratch of her
cornea. So she’s now getting antibiotic eye ointment a few times a day and
rocking an eye patch. On the plus side, if you are forced to wear an eye patch
is there really any cooler time to do it than around Halloween?
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