It's amazing how much you worry once you have a baby. The most minor of ailments and I am online diagnosing him with something life threatening. It's not all that surprising to some people, given that I have a touch of the hypochondriac in me. Which I refute or confute (word of the day) completely because I most definitely was sick all those times. And just because you don't have a fever doesn't mean you're not sick. Right?
Anyway, last night during one of the times J got up to eat, I noticed that he had gunk in his eyelid. So I woke Scott up from a pretend deep sleep for him to examine J's eye. He acted like it was no big deal and went back to bed. Meanwhile each time J got up for a feeding his eye got pastier and pastier. Of course I am panicking and counting down the hours until I can call the nurse and take him to the doctor so he doesn't lose his vision or worse, his entire eye.
However, I think we're in the clear. I think it may just be a clogged tear duct and with a little warm wash cloth it may just go away. The all knowing Internet says that 6 in 100 babies suffer from this. Funny, I always thought J was one in a million. Turns out he is 6 in 100.
My dad always tells me to stop getting "internetty". I do the same thing. I once had a swollen lymph node on the back of my head and I was convinced I had a brain tumor. But I'm glad it was just a clogged tear duct.
ReplyDeleteJames is definitely 1 in 1,000,000 ... Glad to hear his (gross) eye condition isn't too life-threatening! YAY!
ReplyDeletelol I love your writing! your babe is adorable!
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