Troubled Tuesdays is basically my complaint day to complain about all the troubles I have, which could range from what is happening on TV shows to who knows what.
So I promised that I would tell you about S being sick and why it was going to be on Tuesday Troubles. I took both kids to the doctors yesterday and they both have sinus infections. Well S had this drainage coming out of his eyes that started Saturday night and the entire day Sunday. On Saturday I thought maybe something had flown into his eye and it was just irritated. By Sunday it was only getting worse. I knew it wasn’t pink eye, because his eyes were not red or irritated, just this drainage from the inside corner of his eyes.
The best way to explain it is it reminded me of when S had clogged tear ducts when he was a baby. It was a white-green mucus discharge. I know you don’t need that much of a description but you get the idea. When he would wipe it away it was back in a matter of minutes. I was worried that whatever he had was contagious, and we would all catch it. He was not allowed to touch P or go in her bedroom.
Of course, when we get to the doctors his eyes are not leaking anything. They are pretty red and irritated from wiping them so much but not swollen. When the doctor hears what I say and looks at S he says, “He has a sinus infection and his sinuses are just full of mucus (snot).” What is the biggest trouble of all of this you ask?
The doctor says, “That’s mucus coming out of his tear ducts.”
“What?”
“You mean he has snot coming out of his eyes.”
“Yup.”
Has anyone ever heard of mucus coming out of your tear ducts because you have so much snot that there is nowhere else for it to go? Yeah, me neither. I tell B and he is talking to a co-worker who says that has happened to me before. What!!!! How is this even possible? I am totally disgusted by this and cannot believe this is really happening.
What is troubling you?