{"id":1100,"date":"2012-10-29T02:04:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T02:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayawellness.com\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2012-11-03T07:48:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T07:48:32","slug":"how-i-got-pink-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayawellness.com\/how-i-got-pink-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Got Pink Eye Before Storm Sandy"},"content":{"rendered":"
Everyone knows I adore my children and I also Love it when they go back to school. \u00a0Hey, even mamas need a break!\u00a0 As all parents know, back to school can be a challenging time, health-wise.\u00a0 All of a sudden combined with the change of season and little germ factories as school, new bacteria and viruses can be making their way into our homes rather quickly.<\/div>\n
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In our family, we are well prepared for the common cold, even the flu. \u00a0For goodness’ sake, I teach a class on this stuff. \u00a0We are practically pros!\u00a0\u00a0One thing I did not anticipate is conjunctivitis. And, Yes, I got the pink eye from my kids.\u00a0 I have to say, it is unpleasant to say the least.\u00a0 So, how did a hippie granola mama like me get here?<\/div>\n
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Elijah brought it home from first grade.\u00a0 We did really well managing without any kind of drugs, just cleaning the eyes a lot, doing black and green tea compresses, lots of kraut and lacto-fermented soda at home, and of course, the beloved neti pot.\u00a0 One night, he got a little bit of a fever.\u00a0 It came and went and his eyes seemed to clear up quickly.<\/div>\n
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However, almost immediately after, Remi ended up with the same thing.\u00a0 She had the very mild fever, and very red itchy eyes.\u00a0 We kept her home from school like we did Elijah and did all the same things, until I accidentally stuck my finger in my eye while I was cleaning hers….\u00a0 I knew that I was done for it, at that moment.\u00a0 It became obvious two days later, on a Thursday night, as I was about to step out the door in my disco outfit to go to a Halloween swing dance I started to have an itchy eye…<\/div>\n
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I decided it was best to stay home and not spread the germs around, besides I was starting to feel a bit crummy.\u00a0 Friday, I had to cancel my morning yoga class and all of my client sessions.\u00a0 Such is life, sometimes the universe has to give you pink eye to tell you to take a break or slow down…Ok universe! I am listening.\u00a0 I promise!<\/div>\n
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So where am I going?\u00a0 I think this morning, I am going to a place that seemed reasonable to both my mother, my husband, and my father – \u00a0to get eye drops from a doctor…. but no… I had to try all the alternatives first, I had to experiment and test other options out. \u00a0What can I say? \u00a0I am a scientist at heart. \u00a0My body is my laboratory. Everything I had tried has helped and has made me feel better, but now a third day later I am still stuck with red, goopy eyes and I think I may actually give in and bring myself to a doctor\u2019s office. \u00a0Conjunctivitis is really not my area of expertise after all…<\/div>\n
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But first, I have to give a huge shout out to my dearest and most amazing friend and colleague, Abigail Thurston of Dance with Fibro<\/a>, who came to my house on Friday night and tended to me like no one has done for me in what feels like forever.\u00a0 She brought me gifts that probably only I can appreciate…she brought me pipet droppers and an enema bag.\u00a0 She brought me just what I had needed – the supplies, the company, her brilliant mind and ideas, she brought a kind of humor, compassion, nurturing, and mothering that only she could for me.<\/div>\n

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As a mother, I can\u2019t express how difficult and almost foreign, it has become for me to let go, and let someone tend to Me<\/em>.\u00a0 But how desperately I needed that.\u00a0 I am so grateful for you, Abigail, supporting me.<\/div>\n

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So Sunday morning I wake up and find myself much better, but not healed, with a dilemma:\u00a0 do I get prescription eye drops so that I can speed up this healing process?<\/div>\n

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And yes, I did. \u00a0So now I can take care of all of you, my dear\u00a0clients\u00a0and get back to my mothering nurturing self for others.<\/div>\n

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With love and gratitude for all the lessons in my life and for all of you for reading.<\/div>\n
Raya<\/div>\n
P.S. May the trees stand tall for everyone during the storm. \u00a0Practice your tree pose everyone, maybe it will help?!? \u00a0And – breathe…<\/div>\n
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