To add to all our drama of being sick, getting better, and being sick again Annie decided she wanted to join in the fun. Wednesday night Matt and I noticed she had this white puss like stuff in her left eye and it kept tearing up. Oh and it was red all around the eye. Oh and Charlie spent the day coughing his sickness all over her face.
I looked her symptoms up in my 'What to Expect' book and there was no doubt in my mind it was pink eye. Granted that's the only diagnosis I read, but it was spot on so why keep reading?
I took her to the doctor yesterday and they said it could be, but it probably isn't pink eye. It's probably just a clogged tear duct but just in case they prescribed the pink eye medicine.
The doctor said if the medicine helps then it was pink eye.
If it doesn't, then it wasn't.
Very scientific diagnosis.
For a clogged tear duct I guess you just wait it out and hopefully it works itself out. However, after reading a friend's blog I just learned that sometimes it doesn't work itself and you have to have surgery. Super.
Good news is that they weighed her and she's up to 9 pounds 3 ounces!
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Ok, I know this is going to sound gross and unbelievable, but its totally true (per a good Optomotrist friend of mine). If it is pink-eye, drop a drop of breastmilk in her infected eye. It will start to heal it very quickly. Might have to do it a few times, but seriously it works. Weird, but it does! You can even find info online if you don't believe me :)
Thanks for the tip, sadly I actually have heard this straight from an RN's mouth as well. I'm going to stick with the medication for now but if it doesn't go away, well, we'll see.
Oh no! There can't be two kids in our circle with the same problem, can there? So Andrew has the tear duct thing covered. I'm pulling for pink eye (if that's any better...?). Hmmmm. Good luck.
Happy Mother's Day! (Sorry you're spending it with sick kiddos).
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