Huge Fingers!

I never noticed it, but I found out today that I have huge fingers! At Shelley's doctor appointment today the optometrist had me take out Shelley's contact and I thought it would be fairly easy....until my huge fingers got involved! Her contact is smaller than the tip of my pinky finger and I was supposed to pinch it out of her eye with my thumb and index finger. The optometrist had to hold Shelley while I tried to get her contact out. I wasn't successful the first few times and I put my poor baby girl through a very uncomfortable procedure! I don't mind poking at my own eye but I don't think it would be very pleasant for someone else to poke at my eye, and Shelley agreed! I finally got it out and then I had to put in a weaker one. Putting in the contact went much smoother. The ophthalmologist came and took a look, only to say that she still needed the stronger contact...so... I had to take out the weaker one and put back in the original contact. I know this is more detailed than is necessary but I want to remember the first time and how tolerant Shelley is when I prod and poke at her eyes! Tonight is the weekly contact washing night where I have to take out her contact and let it clean overnight and then put it back in in the morning. I am so glad this only happens once a week! Even though I wear a contact, this is new for me to be doing this for someone else. My Shelley bean did very well tonight, and I might add that her mama did a very good job tonight without any help! Shells Bells did not even cry, she just let me open up her eye with my huge fingers and then pop the contact out...she even smiled so big for me after I finished! I guess practice makes perfect. I had to take it out three times today and the third time was definitely the charmer!

My huge fingers now are huge and stubby looking because I had to file down all my nails so that I don't scratch her eye! A small price to pay for my little sweetheart! :)