1 yr. olds eye started bleeding when I wiped it *UPDATE*

[Lexy]

My 1 year olds eye has had a lot of yellow goo coming out of it for a couple of days...he just had pink eye in his right. But his left has just had yellow goo coming out of it...but the whites of his eye haven't been pink or red or anything. I figured it might be some sort of infection or allergies or something since he also had a runny nose and a cough. He also has had a temp. (not sure what, just feels hot), but he is getting teeth, so I put those together. Tonight I wiped his eye out with a wash cloth while giving him a bath...and it started bleeding. Blood dribbled down his cheak right after I wiped it and some stayed just in and around his eye. I am really worried about it, and don't want him to go blind or something. I don't know what it is...has anyone had this happen before? Any suggestions? I am taking him to the doc. tom., and I guess should have today. But the yellow goo was all that was going on today and it wasn't too bad, but got worse as the day went on...and by the time it was really bad (bottom of eye is red and swollen under the eye) the doc. office was already closed! Help!

*UPDATE*
So we went to the doc. this morning! Turns out he does have pink eye in his left eye, and periorbital cellulitis...which is an infection under the skin around the eye. She said it's pretty bad from other ones shes seen. The cellulitis is what caused his whole eye to swell (eyelid and under eye) and turn purple, and caused pressure on a blood vessel and made it burst. The pink eye is what caused him to not be able to fight off an infection and caused all the yellow gunk. He follows things with his eye and everything, so it is fine. I am supposed to keep and eye of it for the next week, and make sure he doesn't get a high temp., start to vomit, or seems like hes in extreme pain, or his eye doesn't follow things. The infection could spread behind his eye ball which could cause major issues, but if the strong antibiotic works that she subscribed than it won't spread. So he got a very strong shot of antibiotics in his leg (was just going to write a perscription for an oral antibiotic...but change her mind, because his eye was soo severe and she didn't want to take the chance of it spreading), will take antibiotics orally, and get eye drops every 4 hrs. for his left eye, and I even have to put some drops in his right eye, just to make sure it doesn't get infected either, since he rubs them! So all is good...looks really disgusting and makes me feel real bad for him, but he will be fine and she said it will start looking better in a week. (Thats a long way away to be looking at my poor little baby with a swollen blood tinged eye...:cry: ) My 2yr. just had pink eye in his right eye over the weekend and a really bad ear infection in his right ear also over the weekend. Isaak (1yr. old) had pink eye in his right eye also earlier this week and is cutting 2 back teeth this week...so I feel so bad for them! They haven't been sick (not a runny nose of anything) since nov. 2008, so this is just great that they are now getting sick and I am almost due:banghead:

[HeatherlovesCDs]

My son had pink eye with no redness just yellow discharge. I'm not sure what to suggest. I think I would call the on-call dr. If you can't do that, I might take him to the ER. A bleeding eye would freak me out for sure.

[nakedbabytoes]

Can you tell where the blood is coming from? Is it from the eye, eye lid, lower lid, tear duct? I'd say it's probably an abrasion caused by wiping so much but I need more info to really know. I used to work for an Ophthalmologist(eye dr).
Does he have any eye drops that you are putting in to relieve the redness? Does he have pink eye? Like diagnosed? Is he rubbing it alot like it itches or hurts?

[Lexy]

No I can't tell where the blood is coming from. I just started dripping after I wiped it. His whole eye had blood in it like sitting on the bottom lip of his eyelid...so I don't know where it was coming from. It came out of the middle of the bottom eye and not like in either corner if that makes sense. I have pink eye drops but haven't put them in this eye, because it didn't look like pink eye at all. His eye whites are yellow instead of white or pink (in the case of pink eye). The redness puffy area under his eye hasn't been there all day....it has gradually gotten worse through out the day. Not sure if he has pink eye, hasn't been diagnosed though. No he is not rubbing it at all. My 2 yr. old just had pink eye in his right eye over the weekend (wasn't diagnosed, but I called doc. and described it, and she said it was pink eye...so I used drops on him [he's had pink eye before, so I thought it also looked like pink eye myself]), my 1 yr. old also had pink eye in his right eye earlier this week (wasn't diagnosed....but same situation as my 2 yr. old), but this eye (left) doesn't look anything like pink eye or what his right eye looked like earlier this week. Could this be like damaging to his vision?

[Sweet_Fantasy_Fox]

I would go to the ER, blood coming form it and pooling like that is not normal. It might be an infection which if it is and is not treated can lead to blindness.
I wouldn't wait til tomorrow because of the puffiness under the eye as well, seems like maybe something is in the eye. Keep us updated, I hope it gets taken care of quickly so he can feel better and you too mama.:hugs:

[nakedbabytoes]

Can you call an "Ask a Nurse" locally? Does your doc or pediatrician have an emergency after hours number you can call? It shouldn't be affecting his vision other than being irritated. But eyes are scary, especially when blood is involved. The blood can only come from 2 places. His skin(lids) or the sclera(whites of his eyes) from a broken blood vessel. Usually the broken blood vessels in a sclera will stay under the surface and make the eyeball look yucky but it's relatively harmless. It just looks bad. But if you had to wipe it, it's probably from his lid. There is no blood IN the eyeball itself, just clear fluid.
Whatever is going on, I'd say get it looked at asap. If anything, it will make you feel better and get him started on healing.
No, his vision will be fine. You're okay.

[Lexy]

Okay thanks! You make me feel a lot better about waiting til the morning to take him to the ped. instead of going to the ER tonight! I did call my ped. on call and she told me if it continued bleeding to take him tot he ER just to be on the safe side....but if it didn't, then she would like to see him first thing tom. morning. She didn't seem freaked out like I did, but wanted to know where the blood was coming from...but I didn't know, so I just said I don't know...somewhere in the eye. Thank you so much! I have been waiting for you to reply, and DH keeps saying hurry and come to bed...lol. But it really scared me...I don't want to cause my son to be blind or anything in one eye by not taking him to the ER right away. Eyes are a pretty scary, sensitive thing...and it makes me nervous...especially since I know nothing about them..lol. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

[nakedbabytoes]

Go to bed then!
I'm glad your doc gave you piece of mind. Just keep an eye on it....bad pun...and get him checked out in the am. He'll be okay. Just watch the bleeding. If it changes, go to the ER.
Nighty night!