Agonotheta

Quasimodo

November 12, 2004

I've had an interesting couple of days. As I worked feverishly on Wednesday morning, I realized I had been itching my right eye. This is not tremendously out of the ordinary as I get pretty bad hayfever every once in awhile. So I took an allergy pill out of my desk and walked down the hall to get a drink of water to wash it down. I get no further than out my office door, when my secretary says to me, "What happened to you?"

Confused, I stared blankly at her. My face obviously stating, "What are you talking about?"

"It looks like you've been punched in the face."

I tell her I have allergies and have been itching my eye. So I walk down the hall to the bathroom and walking in the bathroom, I see a sight I pray I never see again. My eye was bulging so large that I looked just like Quasimodo.

I was hideous. Even the white part of my eye was swelling. By shutting my eye, I could feel the "ridge" that was now existing between my iris and the "white part." I worked for a couple more hours and then took the rest of the day off because it hurt so bad to keep my eye open.

Thursday, I stayed home as well. The swelling had only slightly gone down since the day before, despite keeping ice on it for the better part of the day. After getting some stronger allergy medicine (apparently stuff more geared for allergic reactions, as opposed to generic allergy medicine) and some eye drops from the doctor, I am now at work today.

To make a long story short, it seems that I had an allergic reaction to something that I had on my hands. I then transmitted it to my eye when I itched it. The moral of the story? Wash your hands often people.