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

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Most likely. I spoke to her on the phone later last evening, and then she was much more interested in telling me about that she had french fries (which she calls "prips") for dinner, than in commenting the whole doctor ordeal.love/Reb>> Pixie will come out of it - it's the adults that have the worst end of it> > > > > ________________________________> To: MSersLife > Sent: Wed, July 28, 2010 4:04:05 PM> Subject: RE: a bit of drama...with a comical twist> > > 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. >