99.9998% of the time Lily is an absolute joy to be around. Yesterday afternoon was the .0002% exception...in SPADES!
Here's a little background that lead up to the melt down of the century...
Tuesday afternoon when I took Lily to preschool she looked and felt fine. When I picked her up two hours later her right eye was a green, goopy mess. We're talking serious yuck!
As soon as I got her in the car I called the pediatrician and they were able to see us right away. Just as I suspected Lily had pinkeye. We left the doctor's office and went straight to the pharamacy for prescription eye drops.
I gave Lily two doses of eyedrops Tuesday and one dose Wednesday morning without incident. All of that changed when I attempted to give Lily her second dose of eyedrops Wednesday afternoon. Then...well then...to put it mildly...all hell broke loose. Seriously.
This might come as a surprise to you, but I tend to exaggerate. You'll just have to trust me when I tell you how AWFUL it was trying to administer the next dose. Our normally mild mannered, sweet, reasonable Lily turned into a sreaming banshee with her eyes squinched tight.
I reasoned, begged, pleaded, bribed, yelled, punished, reasoned some more, pleaded some more, and tried some wrestling moves that would have made Hulk Hogan proud all to no avail. It was absolute insanity. Lily was absolutely hysterical and I wasn't far behind!
After literally a 3 hour steel cage match Lily relented and let me put the drops in without batting an eye. Um...no pun intended.
After all was said and done Lily appeared to be no worse for wear. Me, on the other hand, I was completely exhausted...both physically and emotionally.
The good news is that Lily took all 3 doses today effortlessly. Thank God!
On a happier note, here are some cute pictures of our little grocery shopper. Do you think she likes the little carts and hand held scanners much??
1 comment:
Don't be so hard on yourself, TJ. At least you didn't, after two minutes of this meltdown, haul off and smack your kid. And I remember, believe me!, the very great temptation to do just that. As a matter of fact, there are still times I'm tempted to do just that - to my grownup sons! ;-)
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