Pinkeye
We're starting to experience the joys of kindergarten. It seems that Darcy has had about 3 colds since she started school all of which she was kind enough to share with Wesley (one of which he shared with Auntie Stef!).
On Monday after school she went to play with her friend Quinn and have supper at his house. When I picked her up at 6:00 she seemed fine. Around 6:30 I noticed a bit of "gunk" in the corner of her eye. I got a kleenex and wiped it away and expected that to be the end of it. 10 minutes later I looked at her again and it was back and it was worse. We looked closely at her eye and it seemed to be turning a nice shade of pink. It was nearly 7:00 by this time and Nick started calling around to clinics. There was only one still taking patients and it was way on the other side of town but they had to go. We didn't want to wait until morning and let it get a lot worse. So off they went. It was about 9:30 when they got home and Darcy was asleep in Nick's arms.
Sure enough, she had pinkeye. We had to wake her up to get her ready for bed (and to drink the hot chocolate Nick had apparently promised her) and to get the drops in her eyes. I think I would rather give the kids a suppository than do drops in the eye. You feel like you're being so cruel. They hate every minute of it and won't sit still. Darcy kept blinking at the last second making it impossible for us to get the drops in.
She was pretty uncomfortable but she was most upset when we told her this meant she couldn't go to school on Tuesday. You'd have thought the world was coming to an end. "Please, let me go to school! I want to go to school!" In a few years she'll be begging for pinkeye.
Going to the doctor on Monday was definitely wise. I think we really nipped things in the bud. When she got up Tuesday morning we could see a big difference. We called the school to tell them she had pinkeye and ask how long she had to be out of school. I was surprised when they said she could go back after one full day of treatment. Darcy was pretty happy with that news! She has taken her drops very bravely and her eyes look perfect again now. She is back at school today.
We still have no idea where she picked it up. Quinn hasn't had it, none of our friends kids have had it, so it must be school. Nick's eye is slightly pink but we've got some over-the-counter stuff that should work for him. So far, Wesley and I seem to have avoided it. Hopefully it's all behind us now.
On Monday after school she went to play with her friend Quinn and have supper at his house. When I picked her up at 6:00 she seemed fine. Around 6:30 I noticed a bit of "gunk" in the corner of her eye. I got a kleenex and wiped it away and expected that to be the end of it. 10 minutes later I looked at her again and it was back and it was worse. We looked closely at her eye and it seemed to be turning a nice shade of pink. It was nearly 7:00 by this time and Nick started calling around to clinics. There was only one still taking patients and it was way on the other side of town but they had to go. We didn't want to wait until morning and let it get a lot worse. So off they went. It was about 9:30 when they got home and Darcy was asleep in Nick's arms.
Sure enough, she had pinkeye. We had to wake her up to get her ready for bed (and to drink the hot chocolate Nick had apparently promised her) and to get the drops in her eyes. I think I would rather give the kids a suppository than do drops in the eye. You feel like you're being so cruel. They hate every minute of it and won't sit still. Darcy kept blinking at the last second making it impossible for us to get the drops in.
She was pretty uncomfortable but she was most upset when we told her this meant she couldn't go to school on Tuesday. You'd have thought the world was coming to an end. "Please, let me go to school! I want to go to school!" In a few years she'll be begging for pinkeye.
Going to the doctor on Monday was definitely wise. I think we really nipped things in the bud. When she got up Tuesday morning we could see a big difference. We called the school to tell them she had pinkeye and ask how long she had to be out of school. I was surprised when they said she could go back after one full day of treatment. Darcy was pretty happy with that news! She has taken her drops very bravely and her eyes look perfect again now. She is back at school today.
We still have no idea where she picked it up. Quinn hasn't had it, none of our friends kids have had it, so it must be school. Nick's eye is slightly pink but we've got some over-the-counter stuff that should work for him. So far, Wesley and I seem to have avoided it. Hopefully it's all behind us now.
posted by Sue Matthews at 1:14 PM
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Laura's had it a few times too in her 3 years of school. She got it on a weekend a while ago, and an after hours health line nurse told us to use the over-the-counter stuff for her. Something to think about next time, unless you feel better with a doctor's opinion.
We only have one walk-in clinic here, and we're not supposed to use it anyway, because of some health network our doctor belongs to. We call a number similar to Telehealth.
Laura has the same opinion about missing school!
If you need a tip on administering the drops, I read online one time to put it in the corner of their eye, then have them open their eye and it should roll in. Or get them to tilt their head a bit to roll it in.
Luckily Lucas hasn't had it yet. He'd be absolute torture to give eye drops to. He still won't take medicine when he's sick!
Poor little chicken-licken. Some adults (i.e. Me) aren't too good at taking drops either. Just ask Yvette about her having to give me nose drops and the scene I made each time.
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