Once upon a time there was a boy and his mother. They were doing yard work. Well, she was trying to do yard work in between him throwing her a football. The following morning (a Wednesday, to be exact) the two year old had a little green in the corner of his eye. It appeared to be a clogged tear duct. The mother questioned it for a second, "I didn't know toddlers got clogged tear ducts, huh" and then went about her day. Thursday the child woke with his eye sealed shut. Mom didn't want to over react. (They went through with planned day. Picked up friend while her house got sprayed for bugs--she said, it looked like the boy got socked in the eye.) After nap the childs eye was once again sealed shut.
The child never once complained of his eye hurting. The mom decided she would bring her son into the doctor if his eye was sealed on Friday. Sure enough it was.
The verdict: Left Eye Conjunctivitis, aka Pink Eye
The treatment: Eye drops 3 times a day, for 7 days
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Tomorrow will be the last day of pinning my child down and prying his eye open to apply drops. I couldn't be more grateful. He is doing great and his eye is back to normal!!
Here Jacen is on Friday when he woke up. Poor thing!
And right before going into the doctor.
And then after 2 treatments of drops
8 comments:
Glad Jacen is doing much better. When we were there he wasn't a happy camper. Love MOM
Same thing happened with Hailey. Monday evening, at the play area in the mall, I noticed that Hailey had some puss coming out of one eye. I thought it was strange but nothing more. The next morning, her eye lid looked a little red but not the eye. It wasn't until Wednesday afternoon that it looked worst and decided to see a doctor. And of course it was pink eye. Hailey only needs 1 drop twice a day for 5 days. I hate doing the drops.
We are going through the same exact thing with Ruger....it has been difficult to get the drops in his eye.....must be something going around-glad jacens doing better!
Oh man, poor guy! Pink eye is no fun at all! I'm glad you have been able to get it taken care of and that he is doing better now!
That first picture is SO sad! Josiah had "goopy eyes" when mom and dad got here. He woke up twice during the first night screaming cuz he couldn't open his eyes. Our poor kids! Hope he's feeling better!
Sorry I haven't checked your blog forever! As you can see, I haven't been blogging myself cuz things keep coming up...go figure:o)
Have a fun long weekend! Love ya!
Pink eye-wow! Glad it's getting better and you get to not force his eyes open any longer.
Poor little dude. But oh my goodness isn't he cute! Glad he is feeling better.
Kristy
that first picture just breaks my heart!
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