jenn- Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Never assume a black eye is just a black eye. My twins collided body parts while playing a game at our taekwondo school's Christmas party (silly thing was they were on the same team). As I watched it happen, it really look like older twin just head butted younger (but much larger) twin in the eye. We joked that he would get his first black eye at 10 and just put some ice on it. When I got home I asked him exactly what happened and he explained it was a hit to the eyeball itself and not the bones around it. We gave him some ibuprofen and put him to bed as it was late. Next morning he had to wait for his brother to wake up because he couldn't open either eye without extreme pain in the left eye. He described it as feeling like his eyelashes were poking his eye. I know that is a big sign for a corneal abrasion. I am glad I ignored DH who just thought the eye doctor would tell me it was a black eye and wouldn't be able to do anything about it. I took him in and found out that he has a bad tear down the middle of his cornea (top to bottom) and he could just barely read the second line on the chart with his glasses on. The doctor is hopeful that he will have a full recovery if I can get him to sit still and be calm for the next couple of weeks. So... If your child gets struck in their eye, please take them in for an eye exam to make sure more damage wasn't done then you can see. They also need to monitor eye pressure to make sure the eye itself is not swelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 :grouphug: :grouphug: yikes! Best wishes for a quick, complete recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Poor kiddo. I hope he feels better soon, and has a quick, easy recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Oh no! How horrible. Poor little guy. I hope he feels better soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Ouch! Oh no! :grouphug: Good luck with keeping him calm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Yikes! I hope he recovers fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Good call on taking him in! I hope it heals quickly and thoroughly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Oh no! Glad you took him in! Thanks for sharing. (Hugs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Poor little guy! I hope he feels better very soon! :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 :grouphug: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Thanks for the well wishes. I'm almost scared to take the patch off. He had to keep it on for 24 hrs so we haven't seen the bruising yet. Next up, eye drops every 4 hrs during the waking hours. He does not like eye drops to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrn Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 (((Hugs))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoVanGogh Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Hugs! So glad you took your son in; hope he feels better soon. We took DS in a year ago for what I thought would just be diagnosed as pink eye. Turns out he had a piece of metal in his eye! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflections Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Thanks for the PSA! I hope all is well soon!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 ouch & scary!!!! Good for you mama for listening to your spidey senses & getting the medical pros involved! Oh & my eydrop tip: One chocolate kiss in the mouth immediately before the drop, one chocolate kiss immediately after the drop... It really is true that a teaspoon of sugar makes the medicine go down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Anytime an eye feels like this it should be checked out. A few weeks ago, I woke up with my eye feeling like this. I went to the eye doctor and had a scratch all across the bottom of my eyeball. I had done it to myself in my sleep somehow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Anytime an eye feels like this it should be checked out. A few weeks ago, I woke up with my eye feeling like this. I went to the eye doctor and had a scratch all across the bottom of my eyeball. I had done it to myself in my sleep somehow! Ouchie! I hope yours healed quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Ouchie! I hope yours healed quickly. Thanks! The eye doctor just gave me some drops which helped tremendously with the discomfort. It seems all better now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 oh no! Now awful. poor thing. praying for a full recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammi K Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Oh, poor boy. The good news is corneal abrasions heal pretty quickly in kids. I hiope he bounces back soon. (DS has a 65% abrasion when he was 4. He was catatonic with pain right after it occurred but was up and running within a short time. We asked for creme instead of drops...much easier to deal with) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Oh, poor boy. The good news is corneal abrasions heal pretty quickly in kids. I hiope he bounces back soon. (DS has a 65% abrasion when he was 4. He was catatonic with pain right after it occurred but was up and running within a short time. We asked for creme instead of drops...much easier to deal with) He has both a cream that is for morning and night and an eye drop for every four hours. He has taken the drops like a pro today. I think after the 15 or so the doctor put in yesterday, one just doesn't seem like something to get worked up over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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