4.26.2010

Say a little prayer....

Saturday Alli started getting that gross yellow mucas coming out of her eyes. I would wipe it and then it would come right back. I called the dr's office to see if they could just call in some drops, so she did. We started the drops right away. Well she woke up in the middle of the night and was hysterical, she couldn't open her eyes. Joe and I turned on the light and both looked at each other with scared faces. Her eyes was extremely swollen shut, looked like she had been in a fight it was that bad. Her eyelashes were even swelled under her eyelid. We called the on-call doc and she said to put a cold wash cloth on her eye for now (which helped a ton) and that she wanted to meet us at the dr office first thing Sunday morning. By the time we got up again, the other eyes was getting it too.


At our appointment the doc diagnosed her with periorbital cellulitis . It's basically an infection of the tissues around the eye. So she gave her two shots (antibiotic) at the office, and then prescribed an oral antibiotic to start today. She is also to take eye drops, nasonex, and her claritin. The poor thing!! Please just keep her in your prayers that she heals quickly and there is no permanent damage to her eyes! Thank you!
I know it may seem mean, but we snapped a picture of her eye Sunday morning, this is AFTER we got the swelling down with the cold wash cloth.

3 comments:

Tera said...

Poor thing!! As I scrolled passed the picture to get to your other post I hadn't read yet, I stopped and thought...she has periorbital cellulitis! I'm glad to hear she was treated well with antibiotics...some of these kids end up in the hospital. I hope the infection is getting better and she is back to her old self again soon!

Crystal said...

Leah,

So sorry to hear about Alli. I will keep her in my prayers. Hope she is doing some better. I missed you guys in church yesterday. Tell Hunter that I was thinking of her.

Audrey said...

Poor little sweetie! I hope she feels much better today and contines to get better! I'll have to tell the girls we need to say a prayer for her!