Naptime Blog

Not quite sure how Anthony got pink eye last week.  He is not in school and really is only around his brothers and sisters.  But he got it, and had crusty, leaky, swollen eyes for a few days.  I thought maybe he was having a reaction to the chlorine, as he was swimming the day before his eyes started to show symptoms, and really didn’t think he was contagious because no one else had caught it.  But sure enough, about a week later, the baby woke up with eyes closed shut! 

Joseph’s left eye was very icky and gooey, and I called the pediatrician.  I explained to Dr. Grace that Juliana and I had slight colds, and asked if it could be possible that Anthony and Joseph’s cold symptoms were coming out their eyes.  She said this would be possible, and asked me to monitor the little guy and call her if anything changed.  I kept cleaning Joseph’s eyes (by this time both eyes were showing symptoms) and hoped that when he woke up the next morning he’d be better.

When my 10 month old baby boy woke up yesterday morning, he looked like a prize fighter!   His left eye was almost shut closed, he was swollen and red, his eye was crusty and gooey.  I was just about the call Dr. Grace back when Juliana walked into the boys’ room.  “MOM!  Look at my eyes!  They hurt!”  UGH!  Lucky me.  Three out of four kids obviously have pink eye/conjunctivitis, or whatever they call it these days.  Dr. Grace got us right in.

Luckily, Anthony’s eyes looked much better.  Joseph and Juliana were given drops, and she told us that should Louis develop symptoms, give her a call so she could call his prescription in as well.  And off we went.

Don’t you know it, not 2 hours after we left the pediatrician’s office, Louis wakes up from his afternoon nap with a swollen right eye and goo coming out of it!  By bedtime, his left eye was gooey as well.  Just my luck, four kids, eight pink eyes over the last week.

Not that this was enough of a blow for our family…  but don’t you know it?  I woke up this morning with a gooey right eye!  Fun, fun, fun!  I hope my husband doesn’t get it!  I cannot imagine when I have all four kids in school and germs are spreading in their classes.  I will FOREVER be at Dr. Grace’s office!  Happy Summer everyone!

Jennifer Nevadomski
Paul’s Wife
Mom to: Juliana, 8 – Louis and Anthony, 24 months – Joseph, 10 months
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