My Eye is Sad
No posting lately because I've been getting ready for a job change (but this blog isn't about me) and we've been dealing with Fiona's health. She's fine now, but dealing with a sick kid tends to take the mind off blogging.
Late last week we noticed Fiona was getting a little puffy in her left eye. After a couple of days the puffiness didn't subside, so we took her to the pediatrician who diagnosed it as conjunctivitis and gave us two different prescriptions, one for bacterial and one for allergic conjunctivitis. She couldn't tell which one Fiona had, so she wanted us to treat her with antibiotics first and then move on to antihistamines.
Fiona hated her eyedrops and things didn't seem to be improving. Tuesday night during her bath we noticed blood in her teardrops. This is not, I might point out, something parents want to see.
The blood went away as quickly as it had come, and we figured it might have been an interaction with her shampoo (nominally "no tears," but we guessed that might only apply to healthy eyes). We called the pediatrician's off hours number, and she advised us to hold off on the eyedrops that evening (no need to risk aggravating the situation) and to see what Fiona looked like in the morning.
The next morning she had a little blood again (not a huge amount, but really the only amount you want to see is "zero"). We spent the next few hours trying to find a Pediatric Opthamologist who could see her on short notice and then driving into Manhattan (always a pleasure, and so affordable during business hours too!)
The most reassuring thing a parent can hear in that situation is "I've been seeing a lot of this lately" (at least assuming it's not followed by the word "unfortunately"), and the specialist diagnosed Fiona as having a hemmorhagic virus in her eye (sounds pleasant, huh?) and put her on a steroid eyedrop and told us to keep her home for the next several days because she's highly contagious.
I'm happy to report that, so far at least, it appears that the specialist knew what he was talking about. Fiona's left eye (what she calls either her "sad eye" or "sick eye") still looks a little swollen, but not nearly so puffy as it did, and she's only asking for a cold compress on her eye a few times a day instead of every 5-10 minutes. So we seem to be on the mend.
Meanwhile, Dr. Fiona has been having a great time treating her Tigger doll for his sick eye, complete with laying his head on her lap to give him eyedrops while he complains that the drops hurt.
Late last week we noticed Fiona was getting a little puffy in her left eye. After a couple of days the puffiness didn't subside, so we took her to the pediatrician who diagnosed it as conjunctivitis and gave us two different prescriptions, one for bacterial and one for allergic conjunctivitis. She couldn't tell which one Fiona had, so she wanted us to treat her with antibiotics first and then move on to antihistamines.
Fiona hated her eyedrops and things didn't seem to be improving. Tuesday night during her bath we noticed blood in her teardrops. This is not, I might point out, something parents want to see.
The blood went away as quickly as it had come, and we figured it might have been an interaction with her shampoo (nominally "no tears," but we guessed that might only apply to healthy eyes). We called the pediatrician's off hours number, and she advised us to hold off on the eyedrops that evening (no need to risk aggravating the situation) and to see what Fiona looked like in the morning.
The next morning she had a little blood again (not a huge amount, but really the only amount you want to see is "zero"). We spent the next few hours trying to find a Pediatric Opthamologist who could see her on short notice and then driving into Manhattan (always a pleasure, and so affordable during business hours too!)
The most reassuring thing a parent can hear in that situation is "I've been seeing a lot of this lately" (at least assuming it's not followed by the word "unfortunately"), and the specialist diagnosed Fiona as having a hemmorhagic virus in her eye (sounds pleasant, huh?) and put her on a steroid eyedrop and told us to keep her home for the next several days because she's highly contagious.
I'm happy to report that, so far at least, it appears that the specialist knew what he was talking about. Fiona's left eye (what she calls either her "sad eye" or "sick eye") still looks a little swollen, but not nearly so puffy as it did, and she's only asking for a cold compress on her eye a few times a day instead of every 5-10 minutes. So we seem to be on the mend.
Meanwhile, Dr. Fiona has been having a great time treating her Tigger doll for his sick eye, complete with laying his head on her lap to give him eyedrops while he complains that the drops hurt.
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