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Jul. 21st, 2005
I'll do you a favor...
Jul. 21st, 2005 10:51 amHere. Here's a link to The Thirteen Clocks by James Thurber. It's a wonderful story; read it while you can, before the copyright police kill it.
And sometime you can do a favor for me.
And sometime you can do a favor for me.
I'll do you a favor...
Jul. 21st, 2005 10:51 amHere. Here's a link to The Thirteen Clocks by James Thurber. It's a wonderful story; read it while you can, before the copyright police kill it.
And sometime you can do a favor for me.
And sometime you can do a favor for me.
Conjunctivitis
Jul. 21st, 2005 12:50 pmEarly yesterday morning Sebastian came into our room, crying. He told us his eye hurt, and he wanted to go to the doctor.
I turned on the light and took a look. What I saw made my heart sink. His right eye had a crust around the eyelid, a lot of greenish-yellow slime coming out of the tear-duct area, and it was clearly pink. I've never had conjunctivitis, and neither did anyone I knew while I was growing up, but I was pretty sure that I was looking at a case of it now.
I also knew that it was contagious as hell.
Later that day Teri took Sebastian to the doctor (I had to go to work), and got it confirmed: conjunctivitis. But to my surprise they didn't prescribe antibiotics (which was fine with me; I never push a doctor for antibiotics). Instead, they gave him some other sort of prescription eyedrops, and told Teri that he'd be able to go back to school in 24 hours.
And to my amazement, it looks like they were right! This morning the conjunctivitis had spread to his other eye (which was not at all surprising), but both eyes really looked fine - they weren't pink, and there wasn't much discharge. He's still mopey and uncomfortable, but it's nowhere near as bad as it was yesterday.
I wonder what was in those eyedrops?
I turned on the light and took a look. What I saw made my heart sink. His right eye had a crust around the eyelid, a lot of greenish-yellow slime coming out of the tear-duct area, and it was clearly pink. I've never had conjunctivitis, and neither did anyone I knew while I was growing up, but I was pretty sure that I was looking at a case of it now.
I also knew that it was contagious as hell.
Later that day Teri took Sebastian to the doctor (I had to go to work), and got it confirmed: conjunctivitis. But to my surprise they didn't prescribe antibiotics (which was fine with me; I never push a doctor for antibiotics). Instead, they gave him some other sort of prescription eyedrops, and told Teri that he'd be able to go back to school in 24 hours.
And to my amazement, it looks like they were right! This morning the conjunctivitis had spread to his other eye (which was not at all surprising), but both eyes really looked fine - they weren't pink, and there wasn't much discharge. He's still mopey and uncomfortable, but it's nowhere near as bad as it was yesterday.
I wonder what was in those eyedrops?
Conjunctivitis
Jul. 21st, 2005 12:50 pmEarly yesterday morning Sebastian came into our room, crying. He told us his eye hurt, and he wanted to go to the doctor.
I turned on the light and took a look. What I saw made my heart sink. His right eye had a crust around the eyelid, a lot of greenish-yellow slime coming out of the tear-duct area, and it was clearly pink. I've never had conjunctivitis, and neither did anyone I knew while I was growing up, but I was pretty sure that I was looking at a case of it now.
I also knew that it was contagious as hell.
Later that day Teri took Sebastian to the doctor (I had to go to work), and got it confirmed: conjunctivitis. But to my surprise they didn't prescribe antibiotics (which was fine with me; I never push a doctor for antibiotics). Instead, they gave him some other sort of prescription eyedrops, and told Teri that he'd be able to go back to school in 24 hours.
And to my amazement, it looks like they were right! This morning the conjunctivitis had spread to his other eye (which was not at all surprising), but both eyes really looked fine - they weren't pink, and there wasn't much discharge. He's still mopey and uncomfortable, but it's nowhere near as bad as it was yesterday.
I wonder what was in those eyedrops?
I turned on the light and took a look. What I saw made my heart sink. His right eye had a crust around the eyelid, a lot of greenish-yellow slime coming out of the tear-duct area, and it was clearly pink. I've never had conjunctivitis, and neither did anyone I knew while I was growing up, but I was pretty sure that I was looking at a case of it now.
I also knew that it was contagious as hell.
Later that day Teri took Sebastian to the doctor (I had to go to work), and got it confirmed: conjunctivitis. But to my surprise they didn't prescribe antibiotics (which was fine with me; I never push a doctor for antibiotics). Instead, they gave him some other sort of prescription eyedrops, and told Teri that he'd be able to go back to school in 24 hours.
And to my amazement, it looks like they were right! This morning the conjunctivitis had spread to his other eye (which was not at all surprising), but both eyes really looked fine - they weren't pink, and there wasn't much discharge. He's still mopey and uncomfortable, but it's nowhere near as bad as it was yesterday.
I wonder what was in those eyedrops?