The Eye

About a week ago I was doing the laundry and at some point something got into my left eye. It started to itch and water and it wouldn't stop. That night I went to bed and as I sleep it "leaked". When I woke up the next morning I couldn't open up my left eye. It was closed shut. A warm wash cloth was used to get it open. I went to the doctor it was some type of pink eye(non contagious). So as the week progresses my eye is getting back to normal. Now exactly one week after I get "pink eye" I scratch the cornea in the same eye. Yes, I scratched the cornea.

I was with my mom and my boys and we were headed to my great niece's birthday party. My mom drove. As soon as we get on the road I feel something in my eye. I look in the mirror and see that I have an eyelash in my eye. Naturally I pull my top eyelid over my eye hoping that that would do the trick. No. I had to go in my self. After removing the eyelash, it still feels as though there's something still in my eye. I rub and rub and rub. Nothing. I wet a paper towel and put it to my eye. Nothing. I try Visine and that doesn't work either. It gets to a point to where when I blink my eye won't open. I actually have to lift my eyelid in order to open my eye. We leave the party fifteen minutes after we get there.

The first Urgent Care closed at 3. My mom got me to one closer to home and we made it just in time. The doctor draws me a picture of the eye and shows me how I scratched my cornea. Only me. He gives me a prescription and the first CVS we go to, the pharmacy is closed. We make it to one that is open and I get the prescription filled.

Every three hours since Saturday evening I put one drop of the eye drop medicine in my eye. It's getting better but at night I can see but really can't see crap. The eye is truly delicate.