Conjunctivitis In Babies

Question by emommie:
Nothing has worked for my babies pink eye anyone go through this?
It all started when we took him swimming. We came back home and noticed a little red broken blood vessel on the whites of his eye. I took him to the doc 3 days later because it was getting worse. Physician said he poked his eye and to just let it heal. 1 week went by and it spread to the other eye..and got very swollen (NO eye discharge though, just watery and pinkish-red). The physician told me it could be conjunctivitis. He gave me Vigamox eyedrops. I used Vigamox before when my son had a bacterial eye infection with lots of discharge and the Vigamox worked GREAT, so I was anticipating the same results. I was wrong. His eye is MUCH much worse. I am feeling so bad. I took him AGAIN to a different physician and the physician said it was viral pink eye and nothing they can do. But there must be something. I can’t sit right thinking about my poor baby boy itching his bloodshot eyes. It’s not fair. I would do anything to trade eyeballs with him. It’s making me stress so much. I am sad for him. Why is it not going away? I am continuing the drops because the physician said it doesn’t do much for viral pink eye, but if it makes me feel better, I could use it to avoid a secondary infection. But what the heck! his eyes are SOOOO red. I just want it to go away. Anyone go through this? It doesn’t seem normal that its been 2 weeks and it hasn’t gone away..just looks worse.

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