I'm Blind

Well not really. My eye just hurts a lot.

Anyway, here's your entertainment for the next five or so minutes. I was working on my Dad's new building he bought for his business. I was cutting some metal off of a concrete wall. It was in the way for the window cutters. I was wearing safety goggles of course. I'm the kind of person who finds people retarded for not protecting your self with stuff like life jackets when on a boat, sun block when in the sun, and in this case, safety goggles while cutting hot metal.

Anyway, despite wearing safety goggles, I got some stuff in my eye (keep reading to find out what). At first I thought it was just some dust or something and it would flush out in the next couple of minutes. So I continued to work, only to find my eye was gushing tears (to try and wash the thing out, not out of pain :P) and still not feeling any better. So I called my Mom and got picked up. I figured, ok it's not that bad it's probably just a scratch or something.

I took a shower and went to the beach with my Mom and two cousins who are visiting with us for a bit. It felt fine, just a little irritated. I had a lot of fun. We were driving home and my eye hurt so incredibly much, I couldn't stand it. So I just closed my eyes and went to sleep. I came home, took a shower, and went off to get a haircut. My eye felt a little better when I got there, but still, the women (figures eh?) who cut my hair suggested I go to the eye doctor.

I figured it wouldn't hurt to go there. We hopped in the car and drove over there. My eyes were once again hurting a lot, so I just went to sleep. The doctor had a look at my eye through the microscope to see what was up. He said it was no big deal. Most likely some dust just got stuck on my eyelid which scratched my eye every time I blinked. He flushed my eye out, flipped it up (I never could do that...) and swabbed it with a wet Q-Tip. Not only did he find dust, he found a piece of metal. Ouch. Now I have to wait for it to heal for the next four or so days while taking lots of eye drops. Oh well.

July 18, 2006

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