PHOENIX - A woman accidentally glued an eye shut when she mistook super glue for her eye drops.
KSAZ-TV says Irmgard Holm of Glendale had cataract surgery a year ago. She was reaching for what she thought was one of her half-dozen eye drop medications. The burning sensation told her immediately something was seriously wrong.
Holm says the eye drops and the super glue bottles are nearly identical.
After putting super glue in her eye, Holm says she tried washing it out. But the quick-drying substance did what it was supposed to and sealed her eye shut.
Holm got to the hospital and staff cut off the hardened glue covering her eye. Once the eye was opened, doctors washed it out to prevent major damage, KSAZ-TV reported.
I'll have to track down a Phoenix report on this, because some details are left out. My dad had cataract surgery on both eyes. And 24 to 48 hours after the operation, he could see just fine. So this woman must have had pretty bad eyesight for some other reason, if she'd had cataract surgery a year ago.
But the main point is - why does she keep her superglue in among her eye drop bottles?
Tip: Keep SuperGlue out of the reach of children and people who can't see very well.
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