2/24/07

Logan has had pink eye!

We noticed some pus in Logan's eyes the first day we were at Mount Baker. The problem got worse - it spread from his left eye to both eyes. And the amount of yellowish mucus increased. The gunk glued his eyes together while he slept.

The doctor advised us to put a warm, wet cloth on his eyes to remove the discharge and to encourage blood flow to his eyes. We also got some medicated eye drops to use. However, holding the cloth on Logan's eyes was easier said than done. He did NOT like it. He could cry and thrash his head back and forth, defending himself with his little hands. To keep the cloth on his eyes we had to hold down his hands and his head while he wimpered and cried. Also, the eye drops were not appreciated by Logan. To get a driect hit on his eye both heidi and I had to hold him down. Heidi would hold open his upper eyelid, while I pulled his lower eyelid down as gently as I could manage.

Fortunately, the eyedrops worked fine. The discharge cleared up by the second day, and he seems completely fine now.