Many moons ago, an unknown bug bit Joshua on the eye whilst we were playing at the park. The resulting swelling was horrifying and caused me to immediately dial the pediatrician and take Joshua directly there from the park. I even posted about it way back then. (Go ahead, click it, you know you want to see the horrifying picture!)
I had a little swollen-eye deja vu yesterday, only this time the victim was Sophie, and the perpetrator wasn’t a bug, but an infection. Shortly after noon, girlfriend’s eye started oozing goo like c-c-c-crazy – first yellow, then mostly white, but constant! So, like any good mommy would do, I first asked Facebook what to do, and then Twitter. Fortunately my cousin Mackenzie, M.D. gave me some sage advice on my FB status (and she really is a doctor, I’m not just being cute! Well, I mean I’m always being cute, but you know…)
When I received sage advice, Sophie was asleep. Sign #1 that she is actually sick: the child took a NAP, and she stopped taking naps in November. Sign #2: the nap was 4 HOURS long. Sign #3: When she woke up, my adorable daughter, who normally looks like this:
Looked like THIS:
I texted the above picture to Cousin Mackenzie, M.D. (I’m glad at least ONE of my cousins is useful, SHEESH) and said “Urgent Care?” (because by now it was 6:30 pm) and Mack texted back and said “Yuppers! Have fun there!” (sadistic, cold, unfeeling DOCTOR!) Since I called “nursing baby”, Bobby got to pack up Eyezilla and take her to Urgent Care. Fortunately she was very cheerful about the whole thing! The doc said ” $50 copay, infection, antibiotic drops ASAP” and sent them on their merry way.
Of course now Sophie has to miss speech therapy and another appointment today! Which I am really bummed about. But it could be worse, and I’m glad the remedy was so simple. (Although, really, can the children please get sick during NORMAL Doctor’s hours next time!? $50 kinda stings!)
Let’s just pray none of the rest of us get this eye thing. I have a feeling I am going to be screeching “Don’t touch the baby!!” just a few times today. Blargh.
Sorry for little Sophie. I can so relate to this here post. I just posted last night about our annoying start to summer vacation with 3 1/2 weeks of pink eye that took rounds with the girls in the fam. Started with my 4 yr. old, then went to my 8 yr. old (who I also had to take to Urgent Care on Memorial Day morning), then, despite my crazy efforts at spraying/bleaching/wiping/handwashing, I got it (I am very prone to it). Then it went back to my 4 yr. old. We were a little over a week pink eye free, when Claire woke me up early Sunday morn. saying her eye was bothering her…round 3 for her. We think hers is due to an ear infection that won’t seem to clear up. Tubes may be in her near future?
So, praying for you and your family that it doesn’t spread. I was about to lose my mind with our fun times.
Oh Gwen that is terrible! Poor little Claire! How frustrating, arggh.
Poor Sophie! My eyes started watering like mad. Hopefully those antibiotics will kick in quickly!
I am so offended.
Em – you get no respect!
Yeah, I feel ya Em, no one calls me for advice, and I have my DR. on speed dial.
UP
I only giving you such sage advice so then you will blog about it and I will become famous. It’s all part of a devious plan!
I hope she feels better!
Start your “Ask The Doctor” Blog!
Today.
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Mrs. Duggar has been using that “nursing baby” crap for 20 years…OMG…so many places I could go with that one…but, she never takes the kids to the doctor, HE always does it!
You are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too spoiled, and it’s my brother’s fault.
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Um…Sophie had one appointment yesterday (which we made it to, before her eye started freaking out), two today (that I had to cancel), and she has two tomorrow which we will hopefully make it to. That’s five appointments in three days! Trust me, I deserved the night “off” home with the boys. Plus, Jonah gets pissed when I leave him without food. Such a baby.
I love you, UP
Sounds to me like the “girls” need a night off!
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and this is why I love UP!! I am laughing so hard right now!!
Your FB post about her eye made me snap out of la-la land about Jesse’s eyes and call our doc yesterday afternoon. He’s on antibiotic drops for both his eyes (although they don’t look nearly as bad as her one), and he HATES them. And we’re supposed to do them FOUR times a day – what the?? I don’t know how I’m going to do them today with Andy gone. I’m already brainstorming what my major bribe will be. I need someone who makes home deliveries of gummy worms. I hope you have a more agreeable patient than me!
My son’s eye swelled up mysteriously this week as well. (He’s 3). No drippiness or pus, though, just swelled almost shut. The doctor said it was a gnat bite, which I’m sure is absolutely right…we were swarmed by gnats that whole morning. He was given an antibiotic which we ended up not needing – we were unable to get to the pharmacy all day and by evening the eye was looking quite a bit better.
T somehow got some traces of peanut butter on his hands on Monday and his eyes swelled completely shut within minutes and as of last night his face is still swollen.
Greatful that it was not more severe.
Hope Sophie is doing better!
Hope she’s feeling better today. From personal experience, it never hits during normal doctors hours, I think there’s a conspiracy 😉