Saturday And An Eye For an Eye
Thankfully it didn't require an eye being given. An arm and a leg without insurance but thankfully on that as well we are covered.
Last night J received a direct hit to his eyeball with a plastic pellet from an airsoft gun. NO goggles, kids will be kids especially with Mom at the local winery with co-workers. Checking it out, deciding to wait until morning figuring it would be much better but even with ibuprofen, the eye was so sore little sleep was had by J.
This morning I ran him into urgent care and an eye specialist observed and set our mind at ease (Dad met us there). J's eye was indeed scratched nicely but already healing, and with some rest should be in good shape by the weekend's end.
Don't ask me about the other kid with the other gun. I am not going there.
I feel like a glass or six of wine. Whew. I feel like we dodged a bullet.
Chatters, beware. I have Skype, a web cam and I"m not afraid to use it!
Last night J received a direct hit to his eyeball with a plastic pellet from an airsoft gun. NO goggles, kids will be kids especially with Mom at the local winery with co-workers. Checking it out, deciding to wait until morning figuring it would be much better but even with ibuprofen, the eye was so sore little sleep was had by J.
This morning I ran him into urgent care and an eye specialist observed and set our mind at ease (Dad met us there). J's eye was indeed scratched nicely but already healing, and with some rest should be in good shape by the weekend's end.
Don't ask me about the other kid with the other gun. I am not going there.
I feel like a glass or six of wine. Whew. I feel like we dodged a bullet.
Chatters, beware. I have Skype, a web cam and I"m not afraid to use it!
posted by Unknown at 5:03 PM
9 Comments:
OOohhh he's lucky indeed!!!
i hate those guns i'm tellin ya.
i've seen so many patients since working for an ophthalmologist who have gotten whacked in the eye by them things....so harmful.
boys will be boys though.
pass the wine!
Bless your little heart! Accidents are so scary. Glad he is ok.
Glad to hear that he's ok. There is always the other side to the story, right? My boy always has the other side to tell.
Glad to know you're on skype.
Good grief... hope he's learned his lesson! I bet your heart stopped....
Had you told him he'd shoot his eye out?
How scary! Glad he's going to be OK
Kimmyk, I do know he was indeed lucky and I didn't know he would be over playing or I would have insisted he wear goggles.
I drank my share last night....
It was an accident of sorts...and thanks for the good words, mom.
Yes, there is another side of the story, mathman. I always suspect my kid first.
Glad we Skyped, mathman.
We will see if he's learned his lesson, Simon. And we will see how much he has in his bank account for the doctor's bill this month too....And no, I was somewhat medicated ...Remember? I was at the winery with the gals when it happened.
AM, I told them all that when I saw the Frakuses had bought the guns...NoddaFINgah!
The cornea is only a few cell layers thick. Healing is very quick.
I had my cornea scratched many, many years ago. An infection prevented proper healing and surgery was necessary to remove the scar tissue.
Nothing like being in the Navy and wearing an eye patch.
Iamnot, J wore a big Band-aid patch over his eye today and the kids in his class submitted drawings for the eye they would draw on it for him. He chose one with a big bushy eyebrow. I think the building principal is gone today...
I was worried about using the antibiotic cream in it since it made it so light sensitive (hence the patch) and blood red but after your comment I think I will use it a bit more.
An eye patch in the Navy is fine as long as you don't have a peg leg or hook for your hand. Sure would cut down on the port "action". Wink, wink, nudge, nudge...
Aye Mattey...anti-biotics are a good thing indeed.
Actually, the wenches liked it well enough and I won money shooting pool "with one eye tied behind me back."
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