I hate pink eye more than you can ever know. I have "caught" it at least 5 times in my teaching career.
The last time was the most terrible. I had this kid that came in every day for a week with pink eye. Everyday I sent her home, the parents SWORE they took her to the doc. and then she'd return again the next day. I intentionally carried hand sanitizer, and when she left I clorox wiped her desk and chair.
I got the damn pink eye. It was a Monday morning when I woke up with my nasty eye. I called into work and then spent literally ALL day long at the urgent care. Came home, took the meds and there was NO sign of improvement. Tuesday morning my eye was WORSE than the day before. I called the doc who said I needed to give the meds a chance.
Wednesday, MY EYE WAS SWOLLEN SHUT. Called the doc again, told me I needed to give the meds a chance.
THURSDAY. WORSE than I could ever imagine!!! I finally went to his office driving with my one good eye and waited for that bastard. He freaked out and said, OMG!!! What happened to you? WTF? Turns out I had an allergic reaction to the meds.
Thrusday night my eye was clear.
Friday morning I go into work for the first time all week. I ended up having to leave because my eyes were so freakin' exhausted. It hurt to open my eye and attempt to focus on anything.
SO yeah, damn those evil parents!!!!