A Day In The Life

Happy Merry Christmas 2009 - The hospital part 2

After a fairly restless sleep I awake at 6am (not my usual morning time to say the least) with my right eye caked firmly shut under some alien-like crust. I can't open it with the nature appointed facial muscles so decide this is a finger and thumb job, perhaps this was my mistake, perhaps I should have written the eye off forever at this point.

As soon as the eye was prised open I knew something was wrong, not only was the pain now quite incredible it was the sound that got me, what was that? Ferocious blinking and toe curling insued as I finally figured out what the noise was, my eye was spurting liquid outta my eye straight onto my pillow... taxi !

At the A&E department a nurse from the previous day recognised me as soon as I entered and quizzed me as to what happened, again I got taken through the back immediately. This time with a different doctor, who put a local anesthetic in my eye (heaven), I went through the same routine of eye dye, blue light, and bright (as fuck) white light. He was however keen to refer me to an eye specialist (good idea perhaps?) and promptly got on the phone to make arrangements.

I was given directions to Edinburgh's 'eye pavillion' and told to bring an over night bag, just in case.

posted by mrwhatshisface @ 1:57 pm