Florida woman’s eye glued shut after mix-up involving super glue and eye drops

[jpak]

http://fox2now.com/2015/10/09/florida-womans-eye-glued-shut-after-mix-up-involving-super-glue-and-eye-drops/

LANTANA, Fla. — A Florida woman’s eye was glued shut after someone accidentally poured glue into her eye instead of eye drops, instantly gluing her eye shut.

Katherine Gaydos told WPBF a man was using a leaf blower and blew debris into her eye. She asked the man to reach in her purse and get Visine, but the man accidentally grabbed glue for applying false fingernails and poured the chemical into her eye.

“As soon as I felt it burn, I closed my eye and screamed and called 911,” she told WPBF.

The glue immediately sealed her eye closed.

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[jonno99]

1. Just when you were looking foward to a relaxing weekend - you glue your eye shut. Doh! nt

[saturnsring]

2. such a gentleman, first he blows crap in your eye then he glues it shut, what a charmer.

btw Doctors told Gaydos she should not experience any permanent vision loss due to the accident.

[Octafish]

3. Thank you.

Some things stay with one.

[RebelOne]

4. That happened to a friend of mine.

She reached into her medicine cabinet and took out what she thought were eyedrops, but instead it was superglue. Fortunately, she did not have any severe damage. This also happened in Florida also.

[dmr]

6. Super glue kept in a medicine cabinet?

There's a lesson in that.

Always, always, always read the label twice. Something the prisons also need to do when performing their executions - as in potassium acetate in lieu of potassium chloride ... from the seller to the inventory clerk to the executioners. It's so inhumane.

[B Calm]

5. I'll never forget the screams from my nephew when at a weiner roast melted

his contacts by standing too close to the fire.

[dmr]

7. The poor baby. Is he alright?

[B Calm]

8. They took him to the emergency room and he was fine the next day.

[dmr]

9. Good. It must've been frightening.