Eye Injury

My eldest lad Ian was waiting at a junction today when a passing car
kicked up what he thought was gravel into his eye.[1]

He managed to ride home albeit one-eyed and after washing his eye was
in so much pain that he went to the local A&E.

After examining his eye the doctor said it looked like a chemical burn
and that two-thirds of the eye surface appeared to be missing. He's
been given painkillers, eyewash plus antibiotics and has to go to the
eye clinic tomorrow.

The doctor reckons his eye should recover ok.

[1] Lifted his visor whilst he was waiting.
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Richard

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Shit, eyes are horrible to injure. I had my visor up the other day & set off
forgetting to drop it. I realised & dropped it a minute or so before a
fucking huge bee or wasp hit it right over my right eye.

I'll leave it down or slightly ajar from now on. Hope his eyes ok.


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Ouch! Having had a chemical burn (Jeys Fluid) to the eyes I can
sympathise. GWS Ian.

 

Holy shit! And to think I cried like a baby when I got some lime mortar
in my eye a few months ago. I'm such a wuss.

Resilient things, eyes. Well apart from my mum's, which point blank
refuses to play nicely with its new plastic lens.


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Kin 'ell! Wonder what that was? Hope the young shaver recovers quickly, and
well.

 

Hmm, I got an eye-full of caustic soda a few years back whilst
de-coking a truculent TS50 exhaust system.

It did smart somewhat.

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Ouch!! GWS young 'un.

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Good.

Definitely kicked up by the car? i.e not something chucked from the
car? Someone I know lost the sight in one eye after getting hit by an
apple chucked from a car.

 

I managed to get superglue in my eye once when I was a kid (while assembling
a Matchbox Fw-190 iirc), but it was rather easy to remove, although I did
have to look like a pirate for a week afterwards.
I'd say that your son's incident is quite unfortunate, statistically
speaking. Hope he recovers well.

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Can't he sue anyone? Chemicals don't belong on the streets.
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Geo
(lifts the visor often)