TheBanyanTree: ice & eyes

[Sally Larwood]

Ow!!!!!!  You did rinse it well with salt water I imagine Sachet?  I'm thinking of any germs on the pooper scooper handle.

Good luck with the ophthalmologist.

Sal xx

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On 07/05/2012, at 5:58 AM, Sachet - Gmail <sachet at gmail.com> wrote:

> Only I would find myself explaining to my ophthalmologist how I managed 
> to poke myself in the eye with the pooper scooper handle. <sigh>
> 
> There was a baby mouse on the driveway right near the bottom back deck 
> step. I didn't want to kill or hurt it, but I wanted it AWAY from the 
> house. So I thought the scooper pooper would make a perfect little cage 
> for me to  use to toss him into the woods. Only he moved and went under a rock. 
> SO. I got a stick and nudged him out and almost had him safely in the 
> scooper, then he squeezed under another edge of the rock. As I bent down
> to nudge him out again, the scooper shifted and the handle JAMMED right
> into the corner of my left eye at exactly the same moment I was bending over. If you can say "DAMN, that hurts!!!!!!!!!"
> about 100 times, you might come close to describing the pain. My eye
> is so swollen and it hurts so much it gives me a headache. I should 
> probably go to Urgent Care, but I would rather not sit for hours with 
> all kinds of sick people when I can see my ophthalmologist tomorrow and I
> trust her judgement better anyway. I just want to make sure I didn't 
> tear my retina or anything that needs to be addressed. 
> 
> Corn bags do make great ice packs for eyes, though. 
> 
> I bet I have a doozy of a black eye by tomorrow. My kidlets will love 
> the eye patch. See, there's always a silver lining. <g>
> 
>