It just felt so much better shut than open, and all the Google articles i read regarding my condition (I'm not a hypochondriac) said to keep it shut. I got the eye patch first, but it wouldn't hold the eye shut, so tape came next. It hurt all night, but when I woke up this morning, most of the pain was gone. My eye is swollen for sure now, so I look a little funny, but a full recovery is quickly approaching.
P.S. this is not the first (or last) time I was a pirate. (Thanks for the reminder Brooke!)
