Too bad it's not Halloween

Tuesday, I was stretching the last bungee over a load of boxes in the back of the truck. Easy, right? I've done it a hundred times. While fumbling for the hook near the bottom of the truck bed, the cord slipped right out of hand sailing directly into my left eye.

Here's a picture of my eye once it had been cleaned up at the emergency room. Lots of random tests that I didn't understand because I know nothing about eyes except that you see out of them (this comes from my stellar 20/20 vision therefore a lack of eye appointments). I did know that the letter on top of the eye chart was an "E" though it was more a black blur off in the distance.

ER Diagnosis: bruises, lacerations, cornea abrasions/scratches.
ER Directions: Narcotic for pain, antibiotic to prevent infection, rest, avoid bright lights, keep the stitches dry, and see a eye specialist.

Wednesday
1:40pm -3:30pm The most painful eye exam of all time.

Diagnosis: Everything you would expect of a trauma injury
       1. Blood pooling in retina/back of eye.
       2. Fiber tears and stretches of the iris.
       3. "Stunned" pupil in the upper left quadrant. (this means that the
            top left portion of my pupil was not dilating properly and
            evenly... king of like when you get hit in the arm and then you can't move your arm as well as
            before).
      4. Swelling in and around the eye.
      5. I feel like there was something else, but who can remember all the details.

Oh, and my 20/20 vision is now 20/80ish (in the injured eye, which is way better than the "E" smudge I saw yesterday) with "as the swelling decreases and fibers heal, vision will likely return to normal."

Here's what I look like today:

Hahahahaha! Thanks, Lindsey, for the emergency run to Target for some extra large sunglasses to hide my scary eye from the world.

Out of the mouth's of babes: Kat said, "Mom, your eye is ugly." I agreed and said, "too bad it's not Halloween this would be great makeup."


P.S. Please do not judge or hold me responsible for typos and such. Remember eye trauma + dilation = blurry eyesight!