I hate to admit I'm this stupid, but maybe it will save someone else some grief.
I'd had a case of "floaters" in my right eye for about 6 days, nothing new really, happens occasionally. This time they were different, tho---thicker and jelly-like. After a couple of days it occurred to me that I might have an eye infection. By then it was Friday and I knew I couldn't get anything done with going to the ER, so figured I'd wait and see.
Friday night I put a dose of Advantage on my baby-girl Bridget, and told DH and DD to stay away from her neck for 24 hours. Sunday night, Bridget's napping on my lap and I'm petting her when my fingers brush the medicated spot on her neck. I really didn't think anything of it; it was 48 hours after the application. About that time my eye strarts bothering me again, so naturally I'm checking it out with the mirror---totally forgetting that I should wash my hands.
I went to bed and within an hour I was awake and in pain. My eye was swollen shut and matted, so I figured I'd better take a look in the mirror. OMG! My eye was bright red, the skin and eyelids were so swollen I looked like I'd been punched, and the eyeball itself was so swollen it looked as if it was going to ooze out from between my eyelids! I got DD out of bed and asked her to drive me to the ER, cause I was really, really scared.
The ER doc looks me over and says, "You've got an infection and a severe allergic reaction." I wasn't thinking very clearly at 2 a.m., so the idea of the flea meds on my fingers didn't occur to me until this morning, when I went to the eye dr. I'm pretty sure that's what caused the allergic reaction, tho.
So, I'm on oral steroids, eyedrops with steroids, and an eyedrop for the infection. I still look like I've been punched, but at least I can open my eye a little now.
The moral of the story is---wash your hands! Don't believe that 24 hour guideline on the flea med box. I cringe when I think about how much this is all going to cost, all because I didn't wash my hands.
I'd had a case of "floaters" in my right eye for about 6 days, nothing new really, happens occasionally. This time they were different, tho---thicker and jelly-like. After a couple of days it occurred to me that I might have an eye infection. By then it was Friday and I knew I couldn't get anything done with going to the ER, so figured I'd wait and see.
Friday night I put a dose of Advantage on my baby-girl Bridget, and told DH and DD to stay away from her neck for 24 hours. Sunday night, Bridget's napping on my lap and I'm petting her when my fingers brush the medicated spot on her neck. I really didn't think anything of it; it was 48 hours after the application. About that time my eye strarts bothering me again, so naturally I'm checking it out with the mirror---totally forgetting that I should wash my hands.
I went to bed and within an hour I was awake and in pain. My eye was swollen shut and matted, so I figured I'd better take a look in the mirror. OMG! My eye was bright red, the skin and eyelids were so swollen I looked like I'd been punched, and the eyeball itself was so swollen it looked as if it was going to ooze out from between my eyelids! I got DD out of bed and asked her to drive me to the ER, cause I was really, really scared.
The ER doc looks me over and says, "You've got an infection and a severe allergic reaction." I wasn't thinking very clearly at 2 a.m., so the idea of the flea meds on my fingers didn't occur to me until this morning, when I went to the eye dr. I'm pretty sure that's what caused the allergic reaction, tho.
So, I'm on oral steroids, eyedrops with steroids, and an eyedrop for the infection. I still look like I've been punched, but at least I can open my eye a little now.
The moral of the story is---wash your hands! Don't believe that 24 hour guideline on the flea med box. I cringe when I think about how much this is all going to cost, all because I didn't wash my hands.