Niclas is totally beating me, though. I'm only dilated to a 2. He was dilated to at least 7 this morning, and that was before the eye drops.
We went to the ER last night, not because of the pregnant lady, but because at 10pm, Niclas returned from the bathroom, sat on the couch and said "I can't see. No vision." and I laughed hysterically like isn't that just The Funniest Thing. Except he couldn't see and because we have the internet at our disposal, I was able to type "sudden vision loss" into google and FREAK OURSELVES OUT. Retinal Detachment. Glaucoma. RETINAL DETACHMENT.
So we went to the ER to see about his vision loss and ice-pick headache. It was a wash, basically, except the Doctor on call told him to go see a man about his eyes in the morning. Which brings us up to this morning and the 3 hours we spent in the Eye Doctor's office and the little chart we found in the office while waiting (so much waiting) that had the handy dilation chart on the bottom. It showed that his pupils were dilated to 7 and didn't show that the headache was OUT OF CONTROL. Then the eye doctor put some drops in to dilate him even more and flashed a lot of lights around the place.
Turns out, he's got a migraine and we're now sitting around in the dark. No, I mean literally. All the shades are drawn, lights are off. The headache is possibly a side-effect of the bus accident we were in three years ago, most certainly incredibly painful. But at least his retina is attached. RIGHT?
