A NASTY Eye infection

Last week I noticed Lilah's eyes had a yellowish discharge coming out of them. My first thought was pink eye so I started the drops I have here at home that she was prescribed last year when she was in the hospital with pneumonia. Then it wasn't going away, so I wondered if she was having excessive drainage due to the adenectomy and second set of tubes. THEN.... She woke up Sunday Morning with her eye swollen shut! "NO!!!!" I thought. "PLEASE, God, NO!" went rushing through my brain. I had taken the kids to the beach Saturday and I thought well, maybe she got sand in her eye, maybe sunblock...anything. So I started warm compresses. Her poor eye just got worse. Here is a picture from my phone from Sunday afternoon at 1. I called the pediatrician and the nurse on call said that it sounded like an allergic reaction, not pink eye, let her rest, then tonight give her some of the Atarax I had and let her rest it off. Then, she woke up from a 30 minute nap(VERY unlike Lilah) and her eye looked like this:(again, a picture from my phone)

I rushed her to the Urgent One here. The Dr said it looked like Optical Cellulitis. She wanted me to take Lilah to the ER for IV meds, but then decided to give her 2 shots of Rocephin. She said to see my Pediatrician ASAP in the morning. Monday morning came and Lilah's eye was swollen completely shut, BUT she was happy...

So, I hurried to get the kids dressed and off I went to the pediatrician with fear RISING inside me. I had already been praying and praying and praying and BEGGING others on Facebook to pray. I was scared to death. Scared she was going to lose what vision she had in that eye, that I would be sent to Dr.D, the devil himself, scared I would have to make a hard decision by myself that would affect the rest of her life, I was just flat out FREAKING OUT!!!

BUT, praise Jesus....I have a WONDERFUL pediatrician who said I did all the right things and wasted no time and he gave me drops, an antibiotic, and lots of peace. Lilah has cellulitis(of the skin around her eye) and pink eye...and allergies. Then I saw, on Facebook, that Dr. Lee(Lilah's AMAZING Corneal Specialist in Atlanta) was concerned for her and posted what I might need to do and to let him know if I needed him. I immediately began to cry GRATEFUL that I have such WONDERFUL Doctors who care for my girl, even from a few hundred miles away.

Many of you have asked how she is today. Well, her swelling is almost all gone, but her eye is VERY bruised....VERY. Here is a little video from earlier today.

Thank you for all of the prayers, love, and support. Don't you just LOVE her?!! I sure do!!!