Saturday Night in the E.R.

Saturday night Will and I spent an evening in the ER seeing about his eye. By this point I was pretty sure we were dealing with a corneal abrasion, he was messing with it and complaining about it periodically throughout the day, but by dinner time it seemed worse and constant, and he was in tears. But of course the Mercy on call nurse and the pediatrician on call wouldn't just give me antibiotic drops without us being seen. So we treked over to Mercy and waited 3 hours in an exam room before we were seen. Luckily I'd brought a book, and I'd had Will bring his DS, so we kept ourselves occupied for the first hour anyway! Will did great as the doc put the dye in his eye (which involved laying a tiny strip right on his eyeball, closing his eye and waiting until it disolved) and shined a black light on it. Yep, a scratch. Even though they'd given him several numbing drops throughout the evening, they'd worn off by the time we got home, so once again he was in pain and this time overly tired. Finally got him to bed at 10pm and when he woke up Easter morning, he came racing into our room exclaiming, "It doesn't hurt anymore!" Although it still looked like this:
After another day of antibiotic drops, it's looking back to normal!