Woman glues child's eye shut
January 4, 2002 9:51 AM Subscribe
Woman glues child's eye shut...I knew there was a reason for my paranoia. I hated (and still hate) eye drops.
Fascinating commentary ensues.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:08 AM on January 4, 2002
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:08 AM on January 4, 2002
Sorry. 10 yard penalty for unnecessary snarkiness.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:10 AM on January 4, 2002
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:10 AM on January 4, 2002
It's not all bad.
She won't have to see the The Majestic.
posted by dong_resin at 11:03 AM on January 4, 2002
She won't have to see the The Majestic.
posted by dong_resin at 11:03 AM on January 4, 2002
eyes wide shut, er, eyes glued shut. (at leats the girl is ok)
posted by tomplus2 at 11:04 AM on January 4, 2002
posted by tomplus2 at 11:04 AM on January 4, 2002
She won't have to see Vanilla Sky either
posted by panopticon at 11:05 AM on January 4, 2002
posted by panopticon at 11:05 AM on January 4, 2002
Or any of this ensuing (if not fascinating) commentary...
posted by BentPenguin at 11:16 AM on January 4, 2002
posted by BentPenguin at 11:16 AM on January 4, 2002
This is nothing. When I was little, my mom accidently sewed my eyes shut. I can't blame her, though, cause the label was unclear.
posted by Doug at 11:17 AM on January 4, 2002
posted by Doug at 11:17 AM on January 4, 2002
Giglio said she made the mistake because the two tubes looked very similar and were kept near each other.
Brilliant. I wonder how many times someone in that house has tried glueing something back together (with the eye drops) only to proclaim "this glue sucks!!"
posted by a3matrix at 11:17 AM on January 4, 2002
Brilliant. I wonder how many times someone in that house has tried glueing something back together (with the eye drops) only to proclaim "this glue sucks!!"
posted by a3matrix at 11:17 AM on January 4, 2002
Eye didn't anticipate all these one-liners
Ba-dum-tiss
posted by Greener at 11:20 AM on January 4, 2002
Ba-dum-tiss
posted by Greener at 11:20 AM on January 4, 2002
a3matrix, thanks for my first good laugh of the day!
posted by msacheson at 11:24 AM on January 4, 2002
posted by msacheson at 11:24 AM on January 4, 2002
my mother once put eye drops into her ears for a very bad result, bleeding, trip to the doctor etc...
tiny bottles, tiny labels, bad combination.
posted by th3ph17 at 11:28 AM on January 4, 2002
tiny bottles, tiny labels, bad combination.
posted by th3ph17 at 11:28 AM on January 4, 2002
Agreed, and I can't always proclaim to be the best father who ever walked the face of the planet, but I never, ever grab bottles of stuff and squirt them into my son's eyes without making damn sure I'm working with the correct substance.
posted by glenwood at 11:30 AM on January 4, 2002
posted by glenwood at 11:30 AM on January 4, 2002
It's got to be better than mistaking silicone caulking for KY jelly. There's an emergency room visit I'd love to witness.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:31 AM on January 4, 2002
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:31 AM on January 4, 2002
I once put contact lens cleaner in my eye thinking it was rewetting drops, and it wasn't pretty - this was back in the day when cleaners were really toxic. But same story, tiny bottle, tiny letters, hell, i couldn't read it anyway, but while I was putting the drops in, I wondered to myself "How come the tip of this bottle is red?"
posted by panopticon at 11:52 AM on January 4, 2002
posted by panopticon at 11:52 AM on January 4, 2002
I refuse to use eyedrops. Putting anything in my eyes freaks me out.
Now I have a reason.
posted by tomorama at 11:54 AM on January 4, 2002
Now I have a reason.
posted by tomorama at 11:54 AM on January 4, 2002
There's an emergency room visit I'd love to witness.
I used to live in the next apartment down from an emergency room nurse. She once told me:
"Don't bother lying, we know you were sticking stuff up your butt.In my whole career, nothing EVER just 'fell up there.' "
Forewarned is forearmed.
posted by UncleFes at 12:10 PM on January 4, 2002
I used to live in the next apartment down from an emergency room nurse. She once told me:
"Don't bother lying, we know you were sticking stuff up your butt.In my whole career, nothing EVER just 'fell up there.' "
Forewarned is forearmed.
posted by UncleFes at 12:10 PM on January 4, 2002
Crash: Since when does KY Jelly come in Caulk-Gun tubes?
posted by BentPenguin at 12:13 PM on January 4, 2002
posted by BentPenguin at 12:13 PM on January 4, 2002
Note that I asked when and not why...
posted by BentPenguin at 12:14 PM on January 4, 2002
posted by BentPenguin at 12:14 PM on January 4, 2002
we know you were sticking stuff up your butt
Um, she meant "you" in the collective sense. She did not have the opportunity to remove anything from my personal butt.
posted by UncleFes at 12:21 PM on January 4, 2002
Um, she meant "you" in the collective sense. She did not have the opportunity to remove anything from my personal butt.
posted by UncleFes at 12:21 PM on January 4, 2002
UncleFes,
She did not have the opportunity to remove anything from my personal butt.
Sounds like a new years resolution for you.
posted by DragonBoy at 12:31 PM on January 4, 2002
She did not have the opportunity to remove anything from my personal butt.
Sounds like a new years resolution for you.
posted by DragonBoy at 12:31 PM on January 4, 2002
Jim Carroll told a story at a reading the other day, which he swore was true, that a friend of his recovered a tiny plastic toy soldier he'd swallowed as a kid, 20 years later in a high colonic.
posted by mdn at 12:55 PM on January 4, 2002
posted by mdn at 12:55 PM on January 4, 2002
In related news, straight outta Toledo, Ohio: Surgeon uses scalpel to open eyelids Super Glued shut in fraternity "prank."
posted by crabwalk at 1:00 PM on January 4, 2002
posted by crabwalk at 1:00 PM on January 4, 2002
I once shaved with a hose at a campground only to find out later that this was the water source the RVs used to flush their portable tiolets out. I guess the stick the tube all down in there to get in the cracks and crevices- this is a good way to get hep or AIDs. Luckily, I got neither. The sign there said, "Water not safe for consumption", but said nothing about shaving with it. I take full responsibility for that one...
posted by internook at 1:42 PM on January 4, 2002
posted by internook at 1:42 PM on January 4, 2002
My story pales by comparison--I brushed my teeth with Brill Cream. Well, started to. A little dab'll [make you] spew, ya!
posted by m@ at 1:49 PM on January 4, 2002
posted by m@ at 1:49 PM on January 4, 2002
Uncle Fes: I'd love to know how the conversation with your neighbor got on that topic.
Um... on second thought - maybe not.
posted by xena at 2:06 PM on January 4, 2002
Um... on second thought - maybe not.
posted by xena at 2:06 PM on January 4, 2002
That's nothing. This friend of this cousin of mine once came back from the Bahamas with some truly disgusting photos having to do with a toothbrush and the hotel cleaning staff, and ...what?...Oh, never mind then. Carry on.
posted by willnot at 2:36 PM on January 4, 2002
posted by willnot at 2:36 PM on January 4, 2002
I'd love to know how the conversation with your neighbor got on that topic.
Guy came in to the emergency room with a light bulb up his butt. He told my neighbor he was changing the bulb naked and he slipped off the chair and it "just went up there." Har dee har.
As for me, I'm strictly "exit only."
posted by UncleFes at 2:41 PM on January 4, 2002
Guy came in to the emergency room with a light bulb up his butt. He told my neighbor he was changing the bulb naked and he slipped off the chair and it "just went up there." Har dee har.
As for me, I'm strictly "exit only."
posted by UncleFes at 2:41 PM on January 4, 2002
how the conversation with your neighbor got on that topic.
Ah! Well, I've a keen interest in medical foofaraw, and with her being a nurse, I was an all-too-willing ear...
posted by UncleFes at 2:44 PM on January 4, 2002
Ah! Well, I've a keen interest in medical foofaraw, and with her being a nurse, I was an all-too-willing ear...
posted by UncleFes at 2:44 PM on January 4, 2002
From the glue story: "Minutes later, the pair were flown by helicopter to the Nassau University Medical Center, where emergency room staff washed out the girl's eye with two liters of saline solution."
Flown by helicopter to the hospital for an eyewash? Holy smokes. Next time I have bad gas I'm taking a helicopter to the hospital for some Pepto.
posted by Tubes at 3:21 PM on January 4, 2002
Flown by helicopter to the hospital for an eyewash? Holy smokes. Next time I have bad gas I'm taking a helicopter to the hospital for some Pepto.
posted by Tubes at 3:21 PM on January 4, 2002
When I was six or so and had an ear infection, my dad mistook Kwell lice shampoo for my medicine. Only difference was the enormous skull and crossbones on the Kwell bottle. Thanks, Pop.
Upside is that on the way to the hospital, when my mom offered me "anything" not to fall asleep, I went for the gusto and asked for $10,000. She said OK. Downside is she's a better negotiator than me, and the next day, she made me settle for a toy truck. Thanks, Mom.
posted by Sinner at 4:34 PM on January 4, 2002
Upside is that on the way to the hospital, when my mom offered me "anything" not to fall asleep, I went for the gusto and asked for $10,000. She said OK. Downside is she's a better negotiator than me, and the next day, she made me settle for a toy truck. Thanks, Mom.
posted by Sinner at 4:34 PM on January 4, 2002
I heard on TV this morning that the kid worked the guilt trip on her mom and got a promise of a puppy. She got off cheap.
posted by xena at 4:47 PM on January 4, 2002
posted by xena at 4:47 PM on January 4, 2002
After reading all of these posts, and especailly the last one, I would think the only thing the girl would have made her mom promise is "Please don't ever do that again!"
posted by demannu at 5:18 PM on January 4, 2002
posted by demannu at 5:18 PM on January 4, 2002
Greener, your headline was misleading. According to the article, her eyes were never actually glued shut. Let's try to keep the sensationalism down to a minimum here. :)
posted by hitsman at 6:37 PM on January 4, 2002
posted by hitsman at 6:37 PM on January 4, 2002
"Since when does KY Jelly come in Caulk-Gun tubes?"
Well, you kind of hafta special-order that way, I hear. Not that I would know. No sir! All lubricants at the Davis household are, uh, produced naturally. Or something.
Just skip this post.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:08 PM on January 4, 2002
Well, you kind of hafta special-order that way, I hear. Not that I would know. No sir! All lubricants at the Davis household are, uh, produced naturally. Or something.
Just skip this post.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:08 PM on January 4, 2002
OK, I admit it... once when I was a kid I put some de-waxing eardrops in my eyes cause I wasn't paying attention to what I was grabbing out of the medicine cabinet. I thought it was Visine. I told the paramedics that came to the house that the box LOOKED like 'Skinny and Sweet'!
posted by matty at 7:43 PM on January 4, 2002
posted by matty at 7:43 PM on January 4, 2002
On a related note, does anybody remember the ER Watch database? You could search for emergency room cases based on the injured body part and the object that caused the injury. It's no longer at its old address, but does anybody know if it's still around?
posted by jedro at 9:24 AM on January 5, 2002
posted by jedro at 9:24 AM on January 5, 2002
This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments
Why?
Because cyanacrylate glues (the crazy kinds) are sold in the same bottles as eye drops, and the bottles are small enough that the lables equally small. So, if you need reading glasses, use eye drops, and have a thing for press-on nails...
Which makes this a great example of a lame user interface leading to unintended results.
posted by BentPenguin at 10:05 AM on January 4, 2002