Life as a Yowler

2am I’m the Yowler household can be an absolute zoo. Let me back up……

Yesterday during the church service Isla poked my eye at just the right angle. It was one of those times that just really really hurts. It has happened to me before where my eye gets poked and throbs for a minute. The pain seemed to go away and I didn’t think much more of it. I got through the rest of the day fine. I had a baby shower I attended. After that we had family pictures. Again, I got through those just fine. After the family pictures was the first that I realized something wasn’t right with my  eye.

On the ride home from pictures, it hurt so bad I had to shut my eyes. No I wasn’t the one driving, so no one panic. Brandon had to walk me into the house when we got home. The sun was so bright. I got inside and Felt better. The rest of the evening it hurt on and off.It really started hurting after the kids went to bed. I would close my eyes on and off. I finally used some Visine drops and then went to bed myself.

I woke up at 1:30 with horrible throbbing pain. My eye was throbbing and I had a big headache. I put more Visine drops in. It didn’t help at all this time. I sat with my eyes shut until about two. I went and woke Brandon up then.

I was in a little bit of a panic. I woke him up and told him the Lord has seen fit to make me a blind woman. I told him I am most likely going blind and then death will follow. He goes, “ok so what do you want to do about it?” My reply, “nothing. I’m just venting to you.”

He jumped out of bed and goes “Oh no. We are solving this problem right here right now. You don’t wake me up at 2 AM in horrible pain unless something is severely wrong.(he knows my pain tolerance is very high). I am calling your mom and I am taking you to the ER.” Now I’m not going to lie to you and tell you that I was a rational human being. He basically took me kicking and screaming. I am not an unreasonable patient, but I have this phobia with eyes. I don’t like anyone getting near My eyes or touching them. I can’t wear contacts because I’m too much of a weenie. Miraculously, my mom answered her phone. She thought one of us was dying so she was relieved to hear it was only an eyeball.

I had calmed down by the time we got to the ER. Brandon was cracking a bunch of ridiculous jokes to keep me from panicking again. I told him “You’re going to have to stop being so obnoxious. I can’t Eye roll right now.”

The doctor came in. He examined My eye. He told me I have a corneal abrasion. He had some numbing drops. Before he put them in my eyes, he said “Now this is going to sting but only for a few seconds.”If I was a more bold personality I would have said “Just knock me out. You’re going to have to put me out cold.” I’m not really one to raise a big scene or drama though, so I did my best to stay calm. Brandon told me I was very courageous. LOL and the drops were the most beautiful thing in my life at this current season.

So now I have this corneal abrasion. I will have pain on and off for 10 days. I will have blurry vision and light sensitivity. He prescribed two different eyedrops that will help me get through these 10 days. I am going to follow up with an eye doctor to make sure it’s healing properly.

Moral of the story……Do not procrastinate cutting your children’s nails as I do. It is literally one of my least favorite jobs. I have 80 nails to trim, not even including my own, so I get overwhelmed. Well let me tell you, I enjoy cutting nails a lot more than I do corneal abrasion‘s. Cut those little suckers nails!

I give you the culprit. At least she is cute!