Infant Poked In The Eye
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 4:00AM Accidents happen yes, but it's even more unfortunate when the accident happens while trying to prevent one. There I was startin
g a load of laundry and holding my daughter in my right arm. I turned around to leave the laundry room but the door had closed partially... if I didn't act fast I would walk her right into the corner of the door and she'd hit her head.
I acted fast and brought my left hand up to be the barrier between her face and the door, only I was moving forward too quickly and my thumbnail went right into her face. I immediately thought I had scratched her face somewhere and knew from the beginning sounds of her cry that she was hurting pretty bad. I turned her around and was surprised to not see any major scratch on her face but then I saw her eye.
My thumbnail had scratched the white of her eye and her eyelid. I was mortified! Kids are resilient and all but when a soft tissue/organ like an eyeball is hurt, it's hard to know what might happen in this situation. She 
continued to cry as I tried in any way I could to comfort her...her cry was so sad that I also began to cry. When breastfeeding wasn't calming her down I decided to put her down for a nap.
The moment she woke up I examined her eye and wiped it with a cool, clean, and damp wash cloth. Thankfully she was happy and unfazed by what had occurred prior to her nap. It has been 2 days since this happened and the redness in her eye has subsided and is almost gone.
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Reader Comments (1)
OH THANK GOD! My son poked his sissy in the eye and she has the red spot on the outside corner of her eye. Though my hubby says she's fine I wanted to see any other occurrences of this and actions taken. This sets my mind at ease for now. I'll watch for the redness to go away.. Tk you for posting!