It still hurts and I still do not see quite right. The dye used to look for damage in the eye confirmed that the acid was removed before it penatrated very far.
A side note you might enjoy as a health care person. If there had been damage, the eye dye would have consentrated on each point of damage. Cool doctor man said it looks really dramatic (and orange) when there is damage.
Part of the issue is the eye's surface and then the eye's depth.
Yet another vote in favor of eye-wash stations. I managed a similar stunt with an industrial degreaser on board Horizon Reliance. I stumbled around blindly until I found a garden hose I'd been using, and similarly flushed my eyes for about 15 minutes wondering if I'd ever see again, and then afterwards wondering if I'd permanently damaged my eyes (also, it turns out, from the washing itself). It's a really bad feeling. Glad you and your eyes are okay, hydrochloric acid is bad juju.
Sorry you had it happened to you. Glad we can share the experience.
I own two eye wash kits and both were not where I could get to them. On the other hand, I made it to the sink in record time. Our water is really really cold, so I mixed it with warm for the second and all following washes.
The concrete that splashed on my good level is gone now. And it is really shiney now.
Interesting that niether of us had heard that the act of eye washing could mess up one's eye sight so badly.
Frankly, bro, I'd be just as happy if neither of us had actually had the experience to share! Have you noticed that most of our friends' L&I claims have to do with things like carpal-tunnel syndrome? I think we're doing something wrong here. And, yeah, the thing about eyewash stations is that they sort of presume that someone else is around to help you get to it. Also, actual eyewash stations (unlike what you and I did) use saline; I wonder if that makes a difference in the temporary loss of vision, like maybe there's some sort of osmosis happening which distorts the shape of the eye or cornea? Dunno, but it scared the hell out of me at the time. Glad your level is all shiny and new, now. Muriatic acid is pretty amazing stuff, we used to use it for washing masonry and rockery when I worked at the Estate. In the maritime industry we use a lot of phosphoric acid as a rust remover; blisters your lungs, but look at that shine!
A date? Do you mean like going to Home Depot for house parts? Or to costco for diapers?
We try to rotate two of us going somewhere while one of us is with R. But a date type date? not too often these days. We figure things will settle down on the farm and construction just in time for the baby's arrival.
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It still hurts and I still do not see quite right. The dye used to look for damage in the eye confirmed that the acid was removed before it penatrated very far.
Not the day I had planned at all.
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Part of the issue is the eye's surface and then the eye's depth.
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I own two eye wash kits and both were not where I could get to them. On the other hand, I made it to the sink in record time. Our water is really really cold, so I mixed it with warm for the second and all following washes.
The concrete that splashed on my good level is gone now. And it is really shiney now.
Interesting that niether of us had heard that the act of eye washing could mess up one's eye sight so badly.
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Also, actual eyewash stations (unlike what you and I did) use saline; I wonder if that makes a difference in the temporary loss of vision, like maybe there's some sort of osmosis happening which distorts the shape of the eye or cornea? Dunno, but it scared the hell out of me at the time.
Glad your level is all shiny and new, now. Muriatic acid is pretty amazing stuff, we used to use it for washing masonry and rockery when I worked at the Estate. In the maritime industry we use a lot of phosphoric acid as a rust remover; blisters your lungs, but look at that shine!
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The acid was sold as swimming pool PH adjuster. I used it to clean up concrete and brick.
Everyone gets carpal. We are being unique. Simultaneously.
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But part of me was just plain annoyed. I was thinking as a ran for the water, "damn this is one more headache that is going to make life harder."
It is an odd way to spend time together, but S and I had a nice time going to the hospital and back.
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And, really, you two should get out for a date by yourselves once in a while, without needing a hospital trip.
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A date? Do you mean like going to Home Depot for house parts? Or to costco for diapers?
We try to rotate two of us going somewhere while one of us is with R. But a date type date? not too often these days. We figure things will settle down on the farm and construction just in time for the baby's arrival.
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