We brought him back to the ER yesterday for a wound check and to remove the bandages around his eyes. The staff there was very nice and friendly. They really seemed to enjoy their job and working with people.
When they removed his bandages, his eyes were a bit puffy, his eyelashes were all stubbly and the area was all slimey from the tons of Erythromycin they applied under the bandages. Thirty seconds later they did a vision test, to which he did “OK”. But regardless of injury, I cannot imagine you will see very well after your eyes have been wrapped up for 24 hours and are covered in gooey antibiotic ointment. The doctor said to give it about 24-48 hours to see if his eyesight returns to normal, if not seek help from an eye doctor right away.
His nose is all burned, so I have to change the bandages for the next three days, twice a day,and carefully clean off as much dead skin as possible, which seems to be painful to him, and apply Silverdine (Silver Suladiazine) to the area. He also has to have Erythromycin applied to his eyes 4xs a day. The motive in his treatment seems to simply be to prevent infection. I guess burns make you very prone to infection.
Also he has a great deal of light sensitivity in both his eyes and skin. So he needs to wear sunglasses and when he stops wearing bandages, he has to be fastidious about sun block on his face for the next few months.
I am so relieved he will be OK though. That knowledge feels like Christmas to me! Thank you all who prayed for him.
Today I have my 18-week ultrasound to make sure this is another boy.
On the same day as our little accident, there was a propane explosion just south fo Albany that was tragic. The hearsay I heard was they were grilling in the basement, but all the newspaper stories cite it was from a falty hot water heater.