Wanna Hear Something Gross?

This post may gross you out. If you have kids of our own, you're probably fine. All others, you've been warned!

The other day Hugh started getting crusties on one of his eye lids. Kind of yucky, but we cleaned them off. (If you're getting queezy already, stop now). However, one morning he woke up and couldn't open that eye, it was crusted shut! Jess cleaned it off and we were a little concerned it could have been pink eye. Now, I don't really know what pink eye is, or does, or why I should be worried about it, but I have heard it is contagious and as parents you just get it taken care of.

When we call the doctor, we hope to hear something like, "no need to come in" or "you can take care of that on your own," but those words are not prescribed too often. As was the case with Hugh and his pink eye, because from the description we gave it could have been one of many kinds of pink eye, each of which are treated differently. To the doctor's! (Get ready, it's coming)

Our pediatrician explained that it wasn't pink eye at all. Hugh had a double ear infection and things inside his head were getting blocked up. So his running nose wasn't simply a running nose and the draining that typically goes on in the ear tubes (medical term : ), nose, eyes and throat wasn't as it should be. His backed up nose had to go somewhere and the most natural place for the pressure to be relieved was his tear duct. So those crusties? They were boogers. And they were coming out his eyes.

Boogers. Out. His. Eyes.

Gross.