Seriously! No seriously!

Seriously. No seriously! Can someone give me a break already?

Took E to the doctor yesterday because she had cold like symptoms and her eyes were bright red. . Turns out she has viral conjunctivitis in both eyes. FUN! I can barely change her diaper without a struggle and they want me to get drops into her eyes. Seriously! Are you serious?

So my parents were supposed to come visit today but cancelled 0on account of highly contagious pink eye. I was supposed to go get my blood drawn (which should have been done days ago) to make sure my HCG level is down. Did I mention I still feel like crap and have started cramping again. I could barely sleep last night even after taking Tylenol. Seriously! So now I won't be getting my blood drawn- AGAIN!

and since there is nothing tasty about pink eye- this is not a Tasty Tuesday post.

Will Visine get the red out?

My little princess is having MAJOR eye troubles. It all started yesterday right before Pete and I left for the wedding. We noticed that her one eye was looking red. She was also itching it quite a bit. I figured that it was nothing and hoped it would go away. When we called to check on E from the wedding my MIL said the redness was coming and going but not any worse.

This morning her eye was still red. As the day progresses the redness grew worse. Now both of her eyes are very red an itchy. Pete and I tried to figure out what could be causing the irritation. We thought it might be allergies, the suntan lotion we have been using, or the chlorine from the pool. I hate doctorless weekends.

When we saw NO improvement Pete called and spoke to our pediatrician. He said it could either be allergies or conjunctivitis. He advised us to put one drop of Visine AC in each eye before bed and then again in the morning. He also said if it wasn't any better we would need to make an appointment.

Now I have had conjunctivitis once and I thought I kne what it entailed. However, being the nut ball that I am, I decided to look up conjunctivitis and now I am more confused then ever. I always thought there were two kinds of conjunctivitis: bacterial and viral. The website I found listed other kinds such as Allergic conjunctivitis and Reactive conjunctivitis. Now I am not sure what the heck little E has.

These are the descriptions according to Netdoctor.co.uk

Allergic conjunctivitis -Allergic conjunctivitis is common in people who have other signs of allergic disease such as hay fever, asthma and eczema. The conjunctivitis is often caused by antigens like pollen, dust mites or cosmetics.

Reactive conjunctivitis - chemical or irritant conjunctivitis. Some people are very susceptible to chemicals in swimming pools or to smoke or fumes and this can cause an irritation of the conjunctiva with discomfort, redness and watering. In such cases these irritants should be avoided.

Eliza could really have either of these types of conjunctivitis. It could be from her allergies or it could be from chlorine and/or suntan lotion. I am so freakin frustrated. It breaks my heart every time she rubs her eyes with her tiny balled up fists. I wish there was something I could do to make her better.

Here she is at the park today. You can tell her eyes were starting to get worse.


Here she is rubbing her sweet little eyes.



I hope we get this resolved tomorrow so my lil' angel can start to feel better.