oh man, pick eye sucks. i had double pink eye when my oldest was about 8 months old, he gave it to me. I ended up at a urgent care clinic at 10pm on Good Friday because my left eye was swollen shut and hurt a lot, my other one was not as bad. My son's was minor in comparison.

I remember how contagious, painful and hard to handle pink eye was. It's in my contract that if i even suspect any illness, including pink eye, the kids have to go home right away and are not allowed back til a minimum of 24 hrs after antibiotics is started, or more. Even though the other children are exposed, the longer the sick child is there, the more they will interact with the other kids, the more they will touch everything, etc, therefor increasing the other kid's chances of catching it, and worse- me catching it! Then that increases the chances of my kids and my hubby getting it, etc.... I don't put up with a lot anymore because when i did, it was a solid 4 months of constant sicknesses around here. My son got bronchitis last year and i tightened up the illness policy, there's not much i tolerate anymore.