Dude, my eye huuuurrrrrrts!

[Jermys]

I scratched my cornea on Saturday and today I could barely open my eye.  We had plans to see the Kratt Brothers at the zoo today, so I sucked it up and bought some old people cataract sunglasses at Walgreens and some eyeball bacitracin, and off we went.  

My eye is so red and swollen and it's constantly weeping, so it looks like I am diseased.  

[bugandbibs]

That sucks, and I know you're in pain.

BUT- the picture I have in my head right now is hi-larious!

[emsumm]

You're a mess!

[Jermys]

Jun 30, 2013 17:03:04 GMT -5 emsumm said:

You're a mess!

For the first time ever, I feel like an Old. Fuckin' Blu-blockers. All I need now is a cane or one of those walkers with the seat and the basket.

[MixedBerryJam]

Please don't mess with a scratched cornea. When my older son was maybe 5 months old he scratched mine with a fingernail. For a while it just felt like I had a lash in my eye, but within 6 hours or so (so, at 2am) it was so painful I made my husband take me to the ER. Turns out it had gotten infected in just the 6 hours since it had happened, and I landed up on bedrest with both eyes closed. I had to keep the infected eyeball as still as possible, which meant no moving around, no reading, no tv watching (upside: no housework, either!)for several days. Really, don't mess with it. Good luck!

[tacocat]

Please get it looked at. it is much easier to treat before a nasty infection. You probably don't want to wake up every hour to use eyedrops, right?

[eb777888]

Oh, Jesus. I swear, I did the exact same shit in Vegas two weeks ago. I was putting on my mascara and scratched the fuck out of my eye. I was literally bent over in pain for about 60 seconds after it happened. For the next three days I woke up with my eye stuck shut. It was fine after a few days.

Sorry, man. It sucks. I feel your pain.

[Deleted]

You got to see the Kratt Brothers??

[snickers]

Ouch!!!

[lime]

Fuck. I did that once years ago, with a hard contact lens that was warped.

Hope it heals quickly.

[Jermys]

Jun 30, 2013 18:35:03 GMT -5 @mrsmarlowe said:

You got to see the Kratt Brothers??

@mrsmarlowe, I did!!!  Except my damn wiener kid was all "It's too louuuuuuud!  I don't wanna beeeee heeeeeeeere!" so we didn't watch the whole thing.  And the line for the meet & greet afterward?  Three hours long.  So I...I mean EDITH didn't get to meet the young hot one.

Also, I'm going to the opthalmologist tomorrow.  I got a recommendation from a friend and she swears I can get in early.  

[lilafowler]

Owwwww! Girl, these are your EYES!