little bitty girl

So, what have I been doing? Being busy at work, enjoying the summer and oh, burning my cornea.

I know this is SO typical of me. This nasty piece of business happened about a couple of weeks ago. I had been having some issues with my contact lenses and someone recommended changing to the contact lens cleaner that required overnight soaking. Supposedly the all purpose brands don't clean as well as they should. It also so happens that the overnight brand happens to have hydrogen peroxide and needs time for the solution to be neutralized.

On this unfortunate morning, I was very tired and instead of grabbing my usual saline solution, I grabbed the Clear Care bottle instead (why do they make them all the same shape?), squirted some solution in my contact and popped it in my eye. To be fair, the Clear Care bottle had a red top but really, it was early and I am partially blind.

The pain was literally mind numbing and I had moments of panic because my eye was stinging so much that I could not open it to take the offending contact out. I went to work later on and had to say."No, I don't have pink eye" and "No, I am not winking at you either."

I woke up the next day after the incident and my eye was completedly glued down by a very solid line of hardened pus. (This picture was actually taken 2 days after the incident. My eye was very, very red the first day)I went to the eye doctor the next day and he was so chirpy when he declared,"Yup! You did burn your cornea a little but the good news is you'll never make that mistake AGAIN!" Gee, thanks for your sympathy!

It also turns out that my prescription has taken a turn for the worse. The good news is that I got a new pair of super cute glasses. At least I think they'll look super cute once they've been adjusted a bit more.