After chopping up the jalapeno, I was adding some other ingredients. Well, without thinking about it.. I scratched my eye. OH MY HOLY WORD. There aren't words to describe how much it hurt. I ran to the bathroom to flush out my eye. Well then... IT SPREAD TO MY OTHER EYE. Within 30 seconds, both eyes were consumed and burning. I literally thought I was going to go blind. I couldn't open my eyes at all. I washed my hand with soap to get the remaining jalapeno juice off and then continued flushing my eye out. As soon as I could somewhat open my eyes, I ran to the kitchen, grabbed my phone and a casserole dish and ran back to the bathroom. I filled the dish with cold water and started dunking my head in the water and opening my eyes. The burning had spread to my entire face by that point. In between dunks, I called my mom. She then called my grandma to ask her if there was anything I could do.
Finally, after about 10-15 minutes of extreme pain, the burning subsided. But I literally thought I was going to be blind. Part of the super scary part was that I was home alone. I can't say that I've been that scared in a REALLY long time. It was so incredibly painful.
My mom called me back and told me my grandpa had looked it up. He said that it was more painful than dangerous. Jalapeno juice in your eye is comparable to being pepper sprayed. It's that painful. So now I get to spend my night with a cold wash cloth to sooth my now irritated face and I get to put eye drops in my eyes. WONDERFUL.
What did I learn today?
-Never touch your eyes after touching jalapenos.
-Moms and grandparents are so helpful and know just about everything.
-Being home alone thinking you're going blind is so scary it's not even funny.
-Blender salsa is DELICIOUS.
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