Prayers were sent my way...for healing.

Picture of my eyes on the mend -

The swelling is down and I can now open my eyes fully.

On Monday Allen and I were suppose to be in Calgary for volunteer training instead I was seeing a specialist about my eyes.

I was told that prayers were sent my way and I was very thankful for them, prayers are a wonderful thing, I truly believe in them.

How I was injured

On July 5th - my grandson Max who was suffering with an eye injury and infection had reached up to grab me and ended touching both my eyes and giving me a scratch in my right eye.

Medical attention

On the 10th, I had been to emerg to see a doctor and he had put me on antibiotics, but my eyes weren't getting better, so I went back on the 14th and the doctors stated that I had to see a specialist.

On Sunday the 15th (due to the swelling in my eye) the cornea was torn away from my eye.

When I went to see the specialist on the 15th, she informed me that I did have a scratch down the middle of my right eye and the cornea was also torn, She was able to reset my torn cornea and informed me that I had a viral and bacterial infection in both of my eyes.  She then put me on a regime of antibiotics. 

On Monday she put on Vigamox drops  and I had to put them in every hour. Then I had Tobradex ointment for bedtime.

She also put me on an oral antibiotic doxycycline that I had to take for the 2 weeks.

Day 2 - i stoped the Vagamox start the Tobradex with Tobramycin and I had to put those in every 2 hours.

She also put me on Tramadol/ACET for pain and Advil for inflammation.

And to help me see a bit better until it healed she has me on Isopto Atropine - which made my pupils really big but at least i was able to see.

Four days later - My husband ( Allen) took me to see her again ...she said that I was healing nicely, then whan I saw her on the 23rd, she stated that I was completely healed, although I still had some swelling, She also stated that I had to continue the eye drops for an additional 2 weeks.

Eyes are healed

So the breakdown of all of this is that, after seeing the specialist I was healed within one week.

Speaking to others

As we sometimes do .....

Since my injury I've spoken to a few people about injuries such as mine and I've been told by others who have suffered similar injuries that it's taken months for theirs to heal.

We also have a family member that is now blind in an eye that suffered a scratch.

So I know that I have been blessed and I'm truly thankful for the prayers that were sent for my healing.

God bless and have a great day.

Maria

This is a picture of

 

My grandson (2 1/2 year old)

Max  

Max's eye has also healed nicely.