When the moon hits your eye like a big piece of metal...

N got home Wednesday night and complained that his eye was a bit sore. When he rubbed it he thought he had something in it. Like an eyelash.

He put his eye under the faucet to flush whatever it was out.

This morning it was still hurting. Not to mention a little swollen and bright red.

Not to appear like a wuss, he went to school tonight ready to learn more about metal.

Then he called me about 45 minutes into his class. He couldn't see and his eye was incredibly painful. He was thinking about coming home. His teacher said he could do his final on Saturday. Oh and could I pull the lids of his eye back and flush it out with some saline solution?

Like the caring wife that I am, I told him to go to the minor ER because there is no way I would be able to pull any lids open and flush anything. The thought made me vomit a little in my mouth.

The official diagnosis from the medical professionals who can pull lids and flush stuff was a piece of metal ground into his cornea.

But wait, if that wasn't bad enough, there was also a rust ring. On his cornea. Which they had to scrape out. With a buffing like tool.

With his eyes open, but numb.

Apparently when the moon hits your eye like a big piece of metal that's rusty.