Well, I have really gone and done it now. I poked my eye with a tree branch (again), sad part is I didn't see the branch! Well, obviously or I might not have gotten myself in the eye. I spent 5.5 hours in Emergency Friday..........
They asked me to step back to the wall and read the eye chart covering my left eye and begin reading the letters on the 3rd row from the bottom. I have to tell you that my right eye is "normally" my "bad" eye vision-wise.
Okay now cover my right eye and read from the same...........I took one look at that blurry wall and read the FIRST 2 lines and part of the 3rd before I told her I couldn't see further to read them correctly and that I had guessed at some as it was.
In comes the Doctor and examines my eye,asks me a bunch of questions, freezes it, checks the pressure in my eye and says.. put these drops in every 2 hours that I am awake for the first 2 days and then 4 times a day for the next 5 days. Also to return here (to the EMERGENCY Department) 2 days from now to see an Ophthalmologist and here's the time to come on Sunday.
Let me tell you right here and now, once I can see better I am headed to Princess Auto or Canadian Tire and getting myself some welding safety glasses to wear in the woods when I geocache.
The good news is that it's not 'ulcerated' but does have a bad infection. They are adding a steroid drop to be taken with the other drops I already have. I have to return to see him in 10 days………they will call to set up the appointment. May or may not be related to being poked with the branch as it didn't appear to rip my contact - possible red herring there. He explained it like a scratched windshield and I added 'that's foggy'.
So, for now - I wait and keep putting in these drops like a good girl and no contacts.
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