My Left Eye Hurts When I Blink Novels & Stories

My vision is getting blurry and I close my eyes for a few seconds. “Jude, baby, what is going on?” I can hear Bonnie’s voice in the background, but I can’t even open my eyes. My head hurts so much that I feel like I am going to throw up.

"The gravel caused quite some damage. If the injury worsens or gets infected, you could be permanently blind." Susan’s lips trembled, and she clutched her gown tighter. "B-blind?" she whispered. The doctor nodded. "As of now, you’ll sometimes see things blurry, like the world is out of focus. It will clear up after a while, but it might keep happening until your eyes heal properly. Avoid rubbing them or straining your vision. We’ll keep monitoring you." Her heart sank, fear tightening around her chest. She swallowed hard, her voice cracking. "A patient was recently brought her. Her name’s jennifer. Please, doctor, do you know anything about her?”

I wasn't at home. I didn't open my eyes to confirm my suspicions. I couldn't. They were sore like never before, and my left eyeball seemed to throb below my heavy eyelids. In addition to the pain and panic, there was my hatred. Hate because if I hadn't been so weak I could have saved someone's life. It could have saved me.

H*ll would freeze over before she went to see the OB-GYN specialist with him in tow. … In the ophthalmologist's room. The elderly ophthalmologist spread open Jeremy's left eye and shone a flashlight on it to do a thorough check-up. Corinne, who was standing at the side, asked, "How is it, doctor? Is his eye okay?" The elderly ophthalmologist put down the flashlight and said, "Don't worry. It's nothing serious. The internal bleeding is caused by an external impact. I'll prescribe an anti-inflammatory eye drop which he needs to use three times daily and the blood clot should go away after a few days.

I just kept talking, wanting my voice to dominate over the eerie sounds of the winds blowing against the trees. Wiping my face with the back of my hand, a low light shimmered brightly against my eyes, almost blinding me. Shielding my eyes, I moved away a little and tried to blink multiple times to adjust to the bright light it shone with. Blinking I tried to get rid of the tears that soaked my sensitive eyes, and the blurriness that invaded my vision.

No one responds. My vision is blurred, something I'd grown used to. This time it felt different. Like a mist covering my eyes but not touching my skin. I blink several times, waiting for the dizziness that usually accompanies the action. It doesn't come. I hesitate before bringing a hand up to wipe at my eyes. The movement is sluggish; and my arm stings but it doesn't feel heavy. I'd grown used to the heaviness of my own body, I realize. An ache does form, greater than I've felt in awhile. It stretches across the muscles of my arm, accompanying the sting from my healing injury. My eyes hurt as I drag a fist over the lids but my vision clears. Clearer than I've felt in who knows how long.

I felt my anger flare. His right eye twitched. His jaw kept grinding.

Black spots filled my vision. "Brinley!" A look of pure horror crossed over Langdon's face as he instantly dropped to my side. At least I thought it was horror. My vision was so distorted, he could have been grinning like the damn Cheshire Cat, and I wouldn't have known better. I panted hard, unable to speak. It was an accident, and I didn't want him to feel worse, but I couldn't stop the tears that crested my eyelashes and trailed down my cheeks. Unimaginable pain ricocheted through the entire left side of my face, again and again, at my slightest movement.

Like something was growing. I swallowed hard, my heartbeat quickening. "No. No, no, no. What is this?" I tried to breathe, to calm myself, but the moment I looked up again, my heart stopped. My left eye. It was white. Not hazy. Not blind. White. Pale as snow, glowing faintly like a mist had settled in it. I reached up, touching the skin around it, then blinked several times. But the eerie glow didn't go away. "What... what's happening to me?"

The blurry look of both eyes greeted me unceremoniously. Remembering how tightly I had closed my eyelids earlier there. I instantly blinked my eyelids a few times in a fairly quick motion. Trying to get rid of the blurry vision in my eyes now. Until not long after, the vision of my two eyes now completely became clear, and I began to look right at the reflection of myself right there in the mirror now. "No... no... this is impossible."