Holy Cooties Batman!!

Two weeks ago, I had a Monday without little grand girls to play with. Roslin was sick and her mommy wanted to stay home with her.  My eye felt kinda funny...I assumed it was allergies.  It has been hit and dry, so I was sure that was it. On Tuesday, I had to call in sick to work...my eye was swollen shut.  I thought "gross, I have pink eye".  That was just the tip of the iceberg! Wednesday brought a trip to urgent care.  I knew it was bad because the urgent care doctor made a face when she walked in.  At this point, my eyeball was swollen with edema.  I looked like a prize fighter who lost the fight.  

Just some of the pretty pics I took  while sick!

The opthamologist managed to see me that afternoon and said I definitely had some pink eye, and due to other symptoms...sinus pain, a really bad sore throat, fever and chills...the doctor deemed I had adenovirus.  Nothing you can really do but wait out the cootie.  On a follow up visit, the other eye decided to join the party and the swelling in the right eye had caused the formation of a pseudo membrane.  Not good! They have to numb your eye and scrape that membrane off.  Gross!  The swelling also caused hemorrhaging in the right eye and made me look like a demon!

The doctor excused me from work for 10 days...it was miserable!  I had another scraping of the eye and the addition of some steroid drops.  The virus wears you out, I took a lot of naps and fell into an exhausted sleep each night.  

I returned to work last Saturday, my eyes pretty clear.  My vision has changed, so after my next check up I need to get new glasses.  Which is a bummer, these glasses are barely a year old!  Having an eye swollen shut for a week reminded me what a blessing vision really is!!!