Pink Eye Sucks

We have been battling the dreaded pink eye at our house.  It all started with Megan on Saturday.  While she was at grandma's house her eyes started getting swollen and red around her eyes.  At first Margie thought maybe she was allergic to something, but by the end of the night it was pretty clear it was pink eye.  She said that it didn't hurt or bother her at all, so that was the good news.

We called Dr. Uncle Nate and he told us to keep the eyes clean of the goop and wash everything she touched.  He also said that it's probably viral, so no eye drops needed.  The next day Allie woke up with one of her eyes super red, swollen, and full of goop.
Uncle Nate, being the awesome guy he is, came over Sunday morning to check on the girls to make sure it was viral.  He said it was just viral but did give us some drops just to keep their eyes lubricated.  This is when the washing of the sheets, blankets, and pillows started and didn't stop until Tuesday.
Megan looked better Monday and was well enough to go to school on Tuesday.  Allie was still pretty goopy.  As soon as I thought we would be close to being done, Josh got really goopy eyes Tuesday afternoon.  So then the washing of the laundry and the house started again.  This time geared toward everything Josh would have touched.  It hit both of his eyes, red and swollen, pretty hard and they were so runny and goopy that he even had a hard time sleeping that night.
This is the same day that Tony also got pink eye.  Just in one eye and it wasn't too goopy, but really red in the eye.  He had to call in sick to work for the next day, can't have pink eye at work.
The next day Josh was looking a little better and then by Thursday he wasn't goopy at all so I let him go to school for his Halloween party.   Tony also looked better and was able to go to work on Thursday.
Allie was feeling a little better on Thursday and was playing with the Minnie ears putting them on her head and she loved them on sideways.  I thought she looked adorable!  Even though Allie still has a small amount of goop, I think we may now be close to being done we this horrible virus.  At least I sure hope so.