Also possible: blocked ducts, either tear ducts or the little kind of grease-releasers that make the WD40-type stuff that allows your eyes to roll around in your head. Tim had that, it made big knobbly-looking growths in the inner eyelid, but you don't always get those. Very painful. The photophobia might just be a shielding reflex that doesn't have anything to do with the infection... ALso, has anyone checked the health of the little animals that live in the bases of human eyelashes? If they aren't thriving you might have all kinds of problems. I can't remember what their name is, little follicle cleaner dudes...

But of course, Get Well Soon!