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All through Friday my eye kept crying uncontrollably, refusing to stare at things. A sensation similar to what you get after looking directly at the sun (we all know not to do it, yet we all know the feeling... Why is that?)
The reason for my ocular distress became clear on Saturday, when the nice doctor beamed light into my eye —it felt like a movie was being projected on the back wall of my skull...
The things I tell myself to stay calm while someone is poking my eye!
Then, with very steady hands, the nice doctor extracted the villainous shard. I could have kissed him!
Oh, I'm much better now, thank you for asking! And special thanks to the stellar husband-fish, who managed to get me an emergency appointment on a Saturday afternoon. He is the best!
Oh my gosh! How did that happen? I'm glad you're better and yay to husband!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! How did you get a piece of glass in your eye? I hope it's all better now. take care!
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering the same thing as the girls before, how did you get a piece of glass in your eye?
ReplyDeleteIt couldn't have been fun.....Good thing it was so easily taken care of...
Holy cow! How did it get in there?! I'm glad it's out and you're feeling better, because that doesn't sound like a great time.
ReplyDeleteOh no!! Anabel! I can't read the rest of the post! How could you stand living with that for hours??? I'm very glad you're feeling way more batter now...
ReplyDeleteIn retrospect, I can't believe I went a whole day with glass in my eye, but the reason is: I thought the "foreign object" had already left my eye and I was just feeling the leftover scratch... Ugh.
ReplyDeleteWe have this wild theory: about a month ago a wine glass shattered in our kitchen. We cleaned it up, of course, but that glass had gone everywhere; more than shattering, it almost pulverized!
ReplyDeleteI get the feeling I "picked up" a remaining shard while going through a cupboard on Thursday...
I must wipe down every surface, corner, and crevasse I can reach in that room. While wearing goggles. The goggles are essential!
Oh my gosh! Well, I'm glad you have a theory. I hope you can clean things further without any issues. My brother had a similar incident happen to him this past summer, only it was a small metal shard. His eye (and sight) turned out to be fine, though his cornea needed some time to heal. I'm glad you're okay!
ReplyDeleteOuch! Stuff in your eye is so scary (and painful). Glad you got it removed.
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Geez, Anabel! So glad they got it out! I also had an accident last week and broke my toe, which has had me hobbling for the last few days. Life can be precarious. Glad your eye is feeling better. xo
ReplyDeleteOh no, poor toe! Hope it heals quickly!
DeleteWe forget how lucky we are to have all of our "fingers and toes"... As soon as something breaks down we are reminded of how truly wonderful is it to be healthy, and how often we overlook it & take it for granted... As you say, life is precarious!
First, let me tell you that what your stellar husband-fish did is next to impossible in Norway. Zero chance! Second, I am curious, do you have any idea how the thing got in there? Third, I freak out about eyes (have had 2 operations, one of which was just me looking in the most terrible of lights while my eyelids were open wide) so I KNOW how it must have felt. Brrrr. That was me trying to write that you are a brave lady indeed! Thankfully you have your eyesight back and you are ready for many more visual adventures!
ReplyDeleteHurray for the little obstacles along our way to perfection :)
We were dismayed, thinking that we would spend our Saturday queued up at the emergency room —on top of that, he was flying out of the country the morning after! So very inconvenient... Then he thought of just going to an eyewear store (they have a doctor's office attached to it).
DeleteSo brilliant! So simple! I would have never thought of it.
I admire anyone who undegoes eye surgery —the thought of it!! Today the doctor said my eye is healing just fine, but until I'm back to my myopic normal self, I won't declare victory...
Wow, what craziness, Anabel! I'm glad you & your eye are on the mend.
ReplyDeleteOh dearie my! *shudder* How on earth did it get in there? I'm glad you're doing better.
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