Alyvia woke up this morning and one of her
eyelids is slightly puffy. It won't open
as completely as the other, which kind of
gives her a .O_o look. The eye itself
isn't pink or bloodshot or anything, and
it doesn't seem to be bothering her. I
didn't think much of it until my husband
came home for lunch and said something
about it. It hasn't really improved since
we woke up.
I don't want to take her to the doctor if
it's nothing, but if it gets worse...
tomorrow's .saturday and I don't think
.i'd have any other option but to take her
to the .e.r...
It sounds like nothing, right?
***update***
*sigh* her eye looks fine now, but she's
running a low-grade fever. She had an
axillary temp of 38.2 c (100.76 f) so we
gave her some .tylenol. She doesn't feel
quite as warm now, so .i'm wondering if
part of that was her curled up against us.
She seems only slightly fussy, so .i'm
going to keep an eye on her. I checked her
gums and none of them are bulging or
hemorrhaging, so...
I hate this. I'm not used to her being
hurt or sick. She's always been healthy.
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Mommy35
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Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 3165 Location: Vacationland, USA,
Posted: 03-02-07 15:37pm
Maybe she just slept on it wrong and that
made it puffy. I would say as long as
there is no discharge and it isn't
bothering her than it's probably fine.
Maybe if she'll allow it, try to take a
peek at it to make sure she doesn't have a
sty or an eyelash that is poking in.
It's hard not to worry though...
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Sunflower_pie81
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Posted: 03-02-07 15:37pm
amelia got that a few weeks back and I
called the doctor and they said that if
she had been crying a lot it could be
clogged tear duct. it went away like a
day or two later. she was fine.
could be a blocked tear duct? rowan's had
one since she was like a week old and
there is nothing to be done about it but
to massage it apparently. if it was an
eye infection it would probably spread to
both eyes. I call it rowans "monster"
eye. it sounds like nothing to me.
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 7892 Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
Posted: 03-02-07 15:38pm
Ya never know...her Dr. could be seeing
patients!
I didn't know .oni's Dr. saw kids on
.saturdays till she had .r.s.v! SO call
first.
Rather, call today. I'd hate for you to
have to expose her to all the germs for
something small, ya know? I'm so paranoid
about .r.s.v!! lmao!
i posted at the same time as gen and
didn't see she already said that!
i'm so useless. : )
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Sunflower_pie81
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Posted: 03-02-07 15:41pm
tanyaface
wrote:
i posted at the same time as
gen and didn't see she already said that!
i'm so useless. :
)
lol no your not......amelia had a blocked
one since she was born fo rabout 4 months
and it was really weird......she was
little kookie and she reminded me of the
cat lady on the simpsons. hahahahaha
anyway, i would call today laura and make
sure.
Sarah i am the same way....people think i
am so stupid but i don't care....
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posted: 03-02-07 15:44pm
Sunflower_pie81
wrote:
Sarah i am the same way....people think i
am so stupid but i don't
care....
I knows it's almost impossible to
prevent...but I'm not gonna be lax
anymore!! I would *die* if she got it
again!! That was sooo miserable for all of
us!
Sarah
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 03-02-07 15:53pm
Oh, great. The carseat is in my husband's
jeep, which is across town.
we've got to stop doing that.
.the nurse who answered the phone said to
come in if her eyeball looks irritated or
if she has discharge. She said .alyvia
would let me know if it was hurting her.
So I guess it's okay?
I'm such a worrier.
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Mommy35
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Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 3165 Location: Vacationland, USA,
Posted: 03-02-07 15:55pm
There is nothing wrong with worrying.
Your a good mom and it shows
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Idony
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Posted: 03-02-07 16:54pm
like gen and tanya said it could be a
blocked tear duct, try to put a warm
(obviously not hot) compress on it, it
helps open it up...if she'll let you that
is
i get those all the time, ill wake up and
one eye pretty much stays closed lol
~alicia~
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Sunflower_pie81
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Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 5041 Location: to hell with this crap
Posted: 03-02-07 18:39pm
Idony
wrote:
like gen and tanya said it
could be a blocked tear duct, try to put a
warm (obviously not hot) compress on it,
it helps open it up...if she'll let you
that is
~alicia~
but i want to scald my baby with a hot hot
hot one, alicia.
we've got to stop doing that.
