New European Experience -- A Visit to the Vienna Hospital

When I woke up yesterday morning, my right eye was red and it was hurting. Since I've been on exchange, I have been very lazy about taking my contacts out when I sleep, and have just neglected to take care of my eyes. I've been traveling around a lot, and just not thinking about it. I KNEW that was the cause, since that's what happened last time I went to the eye doctor. It's definately my fault for being lazy!

So, yesterday after class, my Austrian friend Suzie took me to the Apotheke and got me some medicated drops to last me until I could go to the doctor. My market research professor got me the phone number of the hospital, and I went there this afternoon at 3pm. The doctor said that it was definately the same bad infection thing that was back. He gave me 3 new kinds of meds (luckily, medicine over here is cheap - 12 Euro - and the doc visit was free). I have to take these 2 different kinds of eye drops alternating every 30 minutes until I go to bed, and then put the other goo stuff around my eye while I sleep.

He said that I have to wear only my glasses for a month, and then maybe I can wear contacts again. He said that I have to come back to him tomorrow to have a look at it, and when I get home, get an eye appointment there. He said that in 99% of the cases, everything will be fine and in a month or so go back to normal.

Pray for my little eyeball. He's sick right now.