TheBanyanTree: ice & eyes

[Pam Lawley]

I love this glimpse into your day... and I really appreciate the chuckle!
 Just as I'd expect you to chuckle at ME!!!  :D

On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 3:58 PM, 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>
>
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