If your child is sneezing it might be...pinkeye?

Yes, Benjamin has pinkeye (conjunctivitis) this week. He started out with lots of sneezing on Friday. Saturday and Sunday he had thin, clear secretions from his eyes and nose. Classic allergy symptoms, I thought. Sunday morning he woke up with a nasty "barking" cough. We didn't like the sound of that, but looked it up and found that nasty coughs, too could be a symptom of allergies (caused by post-nasal drainage), so we weren't worried. Well, Monday morning Benjamin woke up with his eyes half glued shut with nasty goop that was definitely not clear anymore so I called the pediatrician. They wanted to see him. The doctor walked in, took one look at him and said, "Ben! You're a mess!" It didn't take long to diagnose conjunctivitis, bacterial infection, and a touch of something-something-cystitis that the doctor didn't want to explain to me. So armed with a prescription for Amoxicillin and eye drops we returned home to battle sickness once again. Poor little guy!