Pink Eye

Cate woke up with a swollen right eye. She said, "Dad, I got glue all over my eye. But I didn't do it."

I took her into the Instacare in Hurricane and the Dr. said it could just be a hold-over from her recent cold, but prescribed eye drops anyway. He said that with a 4x a day regimen, she should no longer be contagious after a day or so. 

Also, I have a new appreciation for my wife. I don't know how many times she has taken all three kids to the Instacare without killing them, but I know she has done it several times. I felt like I barely survived the ordeal... especially when the older children kept interrupting with loud questions and declarations. The doctor was telling me that if anyone else in the family should need the drops he would write a refill for the prescription. To which the oldest said, in her characteristically loud voice: "What is a refill?" and then, (not responding to my whispered, "We'll talk about it later.") "I don't have an eye infection; why would you give me the drops?" and then Gwen says, "My kindergarten teacher told me to NEVER take someone else's medicine!" ... Then, just after the doctor finished explaining the need for thorough hand-washing before eating, Gwen decides that would be a good cue to reach into the bag full of coloring books that I brought in with us and grab a cold Chicken McNugget and pop it in her mouth.