Sty, sty in her eye...GO AWAY!

My poor Anna. For 2 1/2 year now she has been dealing with sty's. The first one went away but the second didn't. She had it for 6 months and then got another on the upper lid of the same eye. We tried all sorts of treatments, but finally had to take our then 3 yr old in for surgery. What a trooper...but she left that day with a fear of having to do it again. After she recovered, all was well until November when another one came back....in the same place.....and has been a nuisance to say the least. By now we are versed in the care of sty's and know the routine of special gels, cleaning eyelids (yes you heard me right- imagine how much fun it is to do that with a child), and hot compresses. Just so you know.....NONE OF IT WORKS! It looked as though she was getting well and then it swelled upagain. I took her in on the 15th and they gave me another gel and told me she's basically allergic to her own bacteria. The sty can't heal because the more good bacteria that fights the sty the more her body fights the bacteria and so on and so on. So, this week, it's been so bad that the surface of her eye has become inflamed and beat red. No amount of cleaning her eyelids will take care of that. Oh, and her preschool teachers are having a fit over me taking her to school. They seriously don't believe me when I say she's not contagious- IT'S NOT PINK EYE PEOPLE! After two boughts of that this week, I took her back in today and was given another gel (a steroid used many times in this house that hasn't helped) and Anna was scheduled to see the surgeon next month if this doesn't help clear it up. I haven't old her that part yet. Balsted thing. Kids at school point it out to her and she told me yesterday that she heard her teachers talking to each other about it. Cummon people! Leave the kid alone. I am so glad she's a well adjusted child....but it won't last if people treat her like she has problems. She's a beautiful little girl and when teachers talk like that they are teaching the little kids to point out others imperfections. She's starting to worry about the way she looks to others all because of this blasted sty (and stupid people) and I am not ok with that! The doctor told me she might grow out of it, but there's nothing they can do at this point to help her. There is a medication for being "allergic to yourself" but it has the strength of acne meds and can ruin childrens bones. Anyway, I feel like screaming today and yelling at everyone who questions the beauty or value of my child just because of their own discomfort with the way she looks. Ok......thanks for letting me vent.