September 17, 2007

• eyecitement

  

  Eyecitement.  The weekend was full as per usual.  Saturday was set aside for a retirement party for two or Rob's coworkers.  We *gasp* slept in and I had to wake Rob at 10 to 8 as we had potluck food and breaky to make.  Ten minutes later my dad was knocking on the door.  *groan*  So instead of scurrying around we were required to be polite to a guest.

  Actually we ended up taking turns scurrying around while one of us visited.  We had no choice in order to get it all done.  Dad eventually took the hint and departed, and we quickly dressed and headed to Sequim.

  The retirement party went well, and we were back on the road about 3 o'clock.  About 30 minutes from home Samuel had been goofing off beside Jeremiah, and Jeremiah starts screaming and rubbing his eye.  "Boys, knock it off."  I observe somewhat calmly.  (this is unfortunately a fairly normal thing. )  Jeremiah says.  "He hurt my eye."   I tell him I'm sorry, and we keep driving.

  Jeremiah is a very tough cookie, and rarely cries for more then a minute or two.  After five minutes of him crying and rubbing his eye I request.  "Jeremiah show me your eye."  (25 minutes from home now )  I see blood IN his eye.

  Rob pull over.  We unbuckle the bud and check him out.  His white part of the eye has obviously been punctured a bit.  We discuss what to do, and finally decide because it was the eye we need to go to the ER.

  *sigh*

  I rock and hold Jeremiah in a back seat and soothe him until he is talked back into his carseat.  Instead of turning to go five minutes home when the time comes, we turn the other way and head for the 30 minute drive to the ER.

  The Forks ER has been marvelous to us in the past.  We never spend much time waiting, so we were escorted right in.  (phew).   The doctor puts drops, and dye in Jeremiah's eye and examines it.  Its missed the cornea.  (phew)  A teddy bear from the nurse to make it all better, A trip to the pharmacy for antibiotic eyedrops to avoid infection and we're back home.

  

  OF course by this time its two hours past dinner, and we know we have to get ready for a picnic at OUR house the next day, so we're kinda frantic.     But Jeremiah knew how to handle it.

  

  And in reality that's what we ended up doing we ate, watched a buck Rodgers episode on DVD and went to bed at 9.  We figured we'd do our prep early the next morning. 

  God had a sense of the franticness we were in however and caused it to rain.  Which meant as prearranged the potluck moved to the church.  We still had food to make, but no yard cleaning, etc.  It made yesterday MUCH more relaxed. 

  And us we're just very very thankful that the centimeter between Jer's cornea and white of his eye went the right way when Sam got him.  Oh yes, what did he get punctured with?  You know the white cap on the top of a water bottle?  Samuel took it off bent it in half and was teasing Jeremiah with it, and got too close to his eye.  What an intensely freak accident.

   

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