Google Picasa can't help this red-eye

I woke up this moring looking like this:




I actually had to wake David up to make sure I wasn't going crazy and that my eye really is blood red.

Of course I assumed that I have pink-eye, which I have had before. And I was just hoping that it was something more like a scratched cornea (worse, I'm sure) just so I didn't have to worry that the rest of the family would get what I have.

Thankfully, it isn't pink eye. After spending an hour and a half at the doctor's office, the doctor said it may be just a popped blood vessel and the discomfort that I'm feeling is a blood clot. She dropped in lovely yellow dye into my eye which made me look like I should be in Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, and then she shined a black light to see what this little thing is. She tried to get it out, but it wouldn't budge. Therefore, it must be a blood clot.

But at least my kid won't get sick!!!!