Re: a bit of drama...with a comical twist/

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LOL ; )The theory is a reaction to a mosquito bite. She has had kind of unusally strong reactions to those before, although nothing on that scale. love/Reb>> Poor baby! I'm half-blind, frequently on medication, and often have the> mind of a 2-year-old, and I want to drive the car too, darn it all! ;-)> > Glad everything turned out all right - did they discover the cause, or is> it a mystery?> > > > in WY> Practical Blackwork Designs> "You get a wonderful view from the point of no return..." > http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com > http://practicalblackwork.com> a bit of drama...with a comical twist> > > Woke up today to an mms on the cell phone from my sister, with a photo of> Pixie (her 2,5 year old daughter) looking like she had been in a fight with> Mike Tyson. Her left eye was swollen to the point that she couldn't open it.> She probably had an allergic reaction to a mosquito bite - or another bug> bite. My sister was a bit in doubt as to what to do about it, since, on the> one hand it looked kind of bad, but on the other hand it also seemed stable> (the swelling wasn't increasing), and they were in the cottage by the baltic> sea, in a nature reserve, temporarily without a car, so getting to a doctor> might prove difficult. > > Eventually she called a friend who came there and drove them to the closest> town/village, where they went to the local pharmacy to ask for advice. The> pharmacist insisted that they should at least see a nurse, and directed them> to the outpatient clinic in town. The nurse, in turn, agreed that it seemed> stable, and in that respect not alarming, but thought a doctor should look> at it, especially to make sure that there was not too much pressure building> up inside the eye. So she got them an appointment with the children's doctor> at the clinic, at the earliest possible, which was 2-3 hours later. > > That's when she called me a second time, to give me an update about the> events so to speak. They were in the car and was going for lunch while they> waited for the doctor's appointment, Pixie was bored and a bit bothered by> the eye, so she wasn't in the best of moods. During my conversation with> a, Pixie started crying and asking why she wasn't allowed to drive the> car... a calmly answered: "You want a reason as to why you are not> driving the car? Well. You are a half-blind 2 year old who is on medication> and without a license, I think the reason is in there somewhere..." LOL.> > love> /Reb> > PS. Everything went well. No permanent damage to the eye. >