Days like these.

We still have eye pain, but no diagnosis. She has (sort of) been to see two doctors in the last 24 hours. The first was yesterday morning.  The specialists that she usually sees at a huge practice were all booked up so they were able to squeeze her in with another doctor that she hasn't seen before.  He was super nice, but proceeded to tell me that they needed to put silicone plugs in her eyes to keep the tears from draining. He was convinced, from reading her chart, that she was having dry eye pain. He then proceeded to talk about her bladder? and different ways to flush out her eyes.   When I reminded him that he hadn't looked at her eyes, he humored me and took a quick peek.  What?  We left without a thorough examination or any answers as to why she is having so much pain in her eyes.

I called the optometrist that our family uses at a different clinic after speaking with the rheumatologist about what specific tests needed to be done.  The person that scheduled us said that they could do those tests, so after another painful night, I woke her up bright and early for another appointment.  When we went back for her to be examined by that doctor, I explained that we needed to rule out Uveitis, and she informed me that she wanted to get my daughter scheduled with a retina specialist (who she has been to in the past) because she wanted her to have more testing than what she could do in the office.  So, we now have an appointment tomorrow morning with the specialist I probably should have called in the first place.  Three appointments with three different doctors on three different days for the same issue. In all her years of dealing with health issues, this was a new one for us.  

My sweet, strong daughter sat down in the car and proceeded to have a very well deserved melt down. It doesn't happen often, but every once in a while she just has enough. Really, who wouldn't?  She came home to have her favorite lunch of sushi followed by a long nap.  Tomorrow she will start all over again. Visit the doctor, go through tests and hopefully get some relief.