The Cause

We have finally found out what it is that Shawn has that's been causing him so much trouble with his eyes. Its called Recurrent Corneal Erosion. He's been in a lot of pain lately and we've taken several trips to the doctor, done this, that, and the other; and they've finally diagnosed him with this erosion thing. This explains why his eyes have always watered a lot, however wikipedia explains why he still has this erosion which is caused by dry eyes.

Wikipedia says, "With the eye generally profusely watering, the type of tears being produced have little adhesive property. Water or saline eye drops tend therefore to be ineffective. Rather a 'better quality' of tear is required with higher 'wetting ability' (ie greater amount of glycoproteins) and so artificial tears (eg viscotears) are applied frequently.Whilst individual episodes may settle within a few hours or days, additional episodes (as the name suggests) will recur at intervals."

Wikipedia offers suggestions that are used and affective for this condition, some of which we are currently trying. But there are two that I thought rather funny. They are as follows:

• maintaining general hydration levels with adequate fluid intake and reducing evening alcohol consumption (so preventing "Drinker's Eye").^[2]
• not sleeping-in late as the corneal tends to dry out the longer the eyelids are closed.

I tell ya...we gonna have to watch these two...lol... But to those of you concerned, I just wanted to give you some updated information. So now we know the cause, its just a matter of taking the steps to healing and preventing it in the future.