i'm not trying to start a debate over safe childbirth practices or standard newborn care and procedure....suffice it to say that the diseases/side effects they are "treating" are not an issue for us. and the drops cause blurry vision, which...well, just why? you know, if you don't have to...
anyway, yesterday i had my doctor's appointment. as i
the treatment? 10 days of erythromycin 4x a day in both eyes. the same drug i turn down for my newborns.
the doctor said "you'll have some blurry vision, but only for about 15 minutes."
liar.
after i put the drops in, i spend about an hour like this:
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(those are my eyes)
everything looks like this:
4 times a day.
it's goopy and teary and all i want to do is wipe it out and wash my face. but that kind of defeats the purpose.
you know, basically it's awesome.
so when the little googie currently baking is born, if i see a nurse coming at him/her with eye drops, i just may bite her.
i kid. not.
and that, my friends, is the definition of irony.
dontcha think?
Haha, I hear ya! We also declined them (among other things....).
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I ALSO have pink eye in both eyes!!!!!!! Its awful is it not? I got it for the first time in February, but this time has been much worse. Hang in there sister!
ReplyDeleteugh!!! (i love the blurry photo to illustrate your point, and you probably can't see me, but i am giggling here).
ReplyDeletefeel better soon my friend!
great. alanis will be in my head all day now ;)
Yeah, thanks, I too am now stuck singing "isn't it ironic"--problem with me is, I keep singing the SAME verse!!! ugh! but not as bad as double pink-eye. so sorry about that, hope your ailments end soon!
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