How does a spruce cause eye damage? Yesterday morning I was mowing on the south lawn and passing beneath the spruce closest to the garage. As I passed by, a spruce branch swiped across my eye. It seemed a dead-center bullseye hit, too.
It began tearing and I could barely mow with all the water running down my face. But I finished half the yard since that was my goal.
When I came in the house I cleaned the eye as bet I could and washed it out with a commercial eye drop. It didn't feel any better but I couldn't see any real damage. We wanted to shop at Meijer and I knew I couldn't go anywhere with tears streaming down my face so I placed a cotton ball there and taped it in place.
I took a nap in the afternoon, thinking having the eye closed and resting would be a good thing. I can't say the eye ever felt much better afterwards but I think it was improving by small degrees. I wanted to avoid the ER if possible.
I continued adding over-the-counter lubricating drops to the eye and also Systane, a greasy substance in a tube that my eye doctor suggested for my dry eyes after cataract surgery.
When I went to bed I took a second Ibuprofen and slept well. I woke with my eye no longer in pain and my vision seems about normal. I'll monitor it today and see whether things continue to improve.
My friend, Alex, sent me this picture of how he sees me at the moment.
That's exactly how I felt at Meijer yesterday.
Happy to hear that your eye is improving!
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