My hair in LOs eye

Burrberrymum · February 2014

I just noticed a thick hair in LOs eye.. I can't see any ending to the hair, it looks like it could have wrapped around.. Is that possible?

Ive been trying to call nurses and the hospital to see if I should take her in but I've had no answer!

I've tried rinsing her eye out. Tried a cotton swab in the corner but it won't come out enough to pull it out, and in afraid to pull on her hair in case it slices her eye ball (please tell me that's not possible) I've tried a wet facecloth, I tried letting her cry a bit to rinse it naturally.. Nothing is working!

The hair is completely vertical on the inner part of the eye, but again there's no end of the hair in sight...

Any suggestions??

Burrberrymum · February 2014

I just got a hold of a nurse who was not much help, but she said to take her to the ER. Now my question is.. Is there something they will do that I can't do?

Tally879 · February 2014

go to the ER, idk how a hair would get wrapped around, but better to be safe

PumpkinMommaaa · February 2014

That would scare me. I find my hair all over so let us know how it goes.

Good luck!

krose0713 · February 2014

Good luck! Hope it ends up being an easy fix

Burrberrymum · February 2014

Thanks! It's a long wait but better safe than sorry.. I'm not even sure they have any kind of procedure for something like this so I'm hoping for the best. All I could think about is how hair cuts finger tips and toes, I'm paranoid it will cut her eyeball! (Hope that's not possible)

AlejandraN2 · March 2014

oh wow good luck, hope it all works out. Didn't know that was even possible.

Burrberrymum · March 2014

Thanks for the positive vibes, we finally just got home. They didn't quite know what to do, had 2 doctors look and were a little stumped on how to go about getting it out. They said it does have to come out though so they called one of the best optometrists we have, he came from home just for us! I'm so thankful for his helping hand! They froze her eye and managed to get it out with a swab! Go figure. Lol but it's not something I could have done safely on my own so I'm feeling grateful for their care.

hilalk · March 2014

I am glad to hear that everything is OK.

jackdaniels13 · March 2014

Holy cow I didn't even know this was possible! I'm so happy your LO is ok & all is well!

Burrberrymum · March 2014

If it wasn't so late I would have went straight to the hair dresser to have her cut it all off! I'm so tired of all this postpartum hair loss.. It's everywhere! Literally! Lol eyes and all!

Thanks again for the positive vibes, it felt like such a silly little thing but it could have hurt her eye so I'm happy as ever that they removed it so carefully.