Swelling up and saints

The major swelling on Ning's left eye is tracking down, as we were warned it would. But it is also tracking across the bridge of the nose to the other unaffected eye! So the bridge is swelling up, the lower lid of the right eye is also swelling up and looking a bit purply. The right eye's upper lid is also a bit puffy so Ning's right eye looks rather reduced amid the swelling.

Not sure if this is normal. Poor girl.

Eczemic nipple update. Right side (Owain's side) is flaking away and has two open slits near the base of the nipple. Excruciating to nurse. I've fobbed him off but he is very insistent and cried and cried. Poor boy. I feel like a real ass for denying him the nen-nen. Pictures of saints come to mind and I wonder: did they ever complain, and if they did, would this make them less of a saint? Like when saint something-or-other was tortured by - I'm just imagining this here - being made to walk on burning coals or something like that, did they bitch about it mentally? Or did they smile beatifically, nobly and had nothing but good thoughts as they tred across those red hot coals? Did the word 'ouch' even cross their mind? Did they think murderous bad $#@*& thoughts about the cause of their misery?

You can tell: I'm not cut out for sainthood.