Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

Last week was a bad week for Jaden. First, he fell off the bed on Tuesday. Second, he poked his eye on Saturday. Third, on Sunday, he hit his chin while crawling.

Falling off the bed / Hitting his chin
Well, such things do happen once in a while as Jaden gets more active and adventurous. Luckily, he was all right except for a little blue-black on the cheek.

Poke in the eye
During the weekend, Daddy and Mummy brought Jaden out for dinner with Godma Denise. All of a sudden, Jaden cried out loud. He had hurt himself with the pointed end of the menu while trying to flip the page. His cries were different from the usual "i want milk/sleep/carry" cry; he was crying from pain. After several minutes of soothing, Jaden calmed down and was back to his playful self.

At first, Mummy thought that Jaden has hurt his face but alas, it was worse. He had poked his eye as there was a red mark* in his left eye. It looked like a blood stain and looked pretty alarming. Daddy and Mummy decided to bring Jaden to KKH for a checkup.

Mummy was surprised to see a crowd at KKH Children Emergency Dept at around 10+ at night. We were given a queue number and a nurse will first assess the patient's condition. The nurse said that it was not necessary for Jaden to see a doctor immediately since he doesn't seem uncomfortable and there wasn't external bleeding. It was a busy night at the Emergency Dept and the waiting time would be about 2.5hrs. As it was already past Jaden's bedtime, Daddy and Mummy decided against waiting and will bring Jaden to his usual PD for a check.

Luckily, it was not as serious as it seems - a slight cut. Jaden was given some antibodies to prevent infection. It will heal and the red mark will fade after a while. The PD said that it was lucky that Jaden didn't hurt the pupil. From what Mummy understands, vision may be affected if the pupil suffered a cut, cos' there will be a scar on it after the cut heals.

Thank God, Jaden is fine.
There will be no more menu-playing for now.

*According to Google, the medical term is called subconjunctival hemorrhage.