eye drama

Yesterday I took Dennis to school with a red eye. Recently reassured by the pediatrician and the ENT that his eye troubles were allergy related, I wasn't very concerned about it. It worsened as the day progressed, and we found ourselves at the eye doctor discovering that he has viral pinkeye. Very contagious viral pinkeye, that is. The school has been notified and disinfected, and we've been washing and spraying Lysol on everything. He looks tons better today thanks to new steroid eye drops.

He had a truly awful day yesterday. He was sad from a hard week at school (more friend drama), he found out he has pinkeye, he didn't get to go to Taekwondo or to swim, and later in the day he developed a toothache (in his front tooth) and then a headache. He cried in pure pitifulness, and we attempted to cheer him with pizza and episodes of How It's Made. I surprised him with ice cream and finally got a smile. He was so worn down from his day that he fell asleep on the couch (sitting up) at 7:40. We carried him to bed where he stayed until he crawled into our bed at 6 AM. He felt much better today, thank goodness!

He's had some nice anatomy lessons this week learning about the parts of him that arent doing so hot. He loved playing with the model of the eye in the eye doctor's office, and he's learned much about how his eyes and ears work (and will soon work better, we hope). I miss my happy little superhero/pirate/magician/fireman/policeman. I hope he's all healed very soon.