Heidi's Corneal Abrasion

Saturday, we went to the beach part of Lake Washington at Gene Coulon Memorial Park. While we were there, a little boy threw a bunch of sand in Heidi's eyes when she was down at the water area playing in the sand. I tried flushing it out with a cup of water, but she just screamed and cried for a while anyway. By that night, her eye was really red and swollen, and I started to worry that it might be serious. Sunday morning, I took her to a clinic that was open in Puyallup and after looking at her eye, the doctor (whose name was also Heidi) told us that she had a corneal abrasion. She gave Heidi some numbing eye drops that made her feel better right away. She had been in a lot of pain and could not stand light. When she woke up that morning, she brought a blanket downstairs with her to keep over her head because even the little bit of light that came into our living room with the blinds down was hurting her eyes. We started putting eye drops in her eyes with an antibiotic and she looks So much better today (Monday). The swelling is gone and the redness is mostly gone. I took her back (as the doctor suggested) to have it checked again today (to make sure it wasn't getting worse and to make sure it wasn't going to ulcerate)... and she seemed pleased with how it has already starting to heal. She seems to be feeling Sooo much better now! :)