G’n'R Out West

Well, I think the Benedryl officially worked because most of the swelling was down this morning.  We still went to the doctor because there was one localized swollen bit and the doctor told me it is a stye, which I guess is quite common in kids.  It isn’t really related to the original swollen eye, except the doctor said she was probably at increased risk of getting one since she’s probably been rubbing her eyes a lot.

Anyway, she is off the Benedryl as it is ridiculous to keep her drugged up all day just to keep the swelling down.  In general I don’t think it bothers her that much, and I think we have confirmation it was an allergy, so if it flares up again and starts really bothering her we’ll give her some benedryl to help her sleep at night.  As for the stye, hot compresses and time will heal that.

Poor thing.  She was a total train wreck today.  Between her eye bothering her a bit and a cold I barely put her down all day.  Luckily she was very into being in the sling today, so I threw her in there, swung it around to my back and got a few things done.  Normally she resisits being in the sling on my back, but for some reason today it was hilarious.

Hopefully she will recover quickly!  Poor little thing.