We've been bike riding almost every day for the past couple weeks. Yes, there are bugs, and yes, they often get in my eyes, hit my forehead, and one got up Christen's nose. These are generally gnats and mosquitoes, which turn to goo in your eyes. Gross, but not painful.
Saturday night we were riding home from a particularly long bike ride and were about a mile out when a bug hit my eye. Not a gnat. Not a mosquito. I don't know what this bug was, but it had a hard, green little body and got stuck in my left eye with my contact. Pain!!!! It's a good thing I was going over a small bridge, because we were next to a major highway and I may have jerked the bike into oncoming traffic. I couldn't get the bug out and he refused to turn to goo, so I had to ride home with one eye.
When I got home, I got the bug out and my eye looked like this: I put some drops in it and hoped for the best. It was bloodshot and painful, but I thought it would be okay. It was a good ride, otherwise.
A half hour later it looked like this: my eyeball itself had swollen around my contact, making it very difficult to get out. My eye had also swollen and was all very tender. I was afraid for a black eye. I fished out my contact and tried to ignore it.
Sunday morning it was a little weepy, so it was stuck closed. It was like I had pink eye! I stopped taking pictures, and we rode to the gym to work out for awhile (and I hoped that no one thought I had pink eye while I was there). I figured if the swelling didn't go down by Monday, I'd see an eye doctor.
Thankfully, Monday it was better. Still a little red and tender but making progress. The swelling went down. That's a plus. Today I'm still wearing my glasses (which reminds me that I desperately need new glasses) and the eye itself is still slightly red, but getting better daily so I haven't seen a doctor.
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