So our trusted eye doctor told us last year during our annual visit that he wanted to see Annabelle before she was 18 months old, this past Saturday at 16 months she attended her first exam. Tom & I both figured with both of us wearing glasses since grade school Annabelle did not stand much of a chance of dodging the bad eyes bullet. He explained at this point he really couldn’t give us a diagnosis as far as what she is seeing (i.e.: 20/20) but he could determine if her eye muscles are developing evenly and properly, also if she was nearsighted.
The great news is she passed with flying colors! She was able to pick a small piece of paper out of the doctors hand several times (didn’t even try to eat it!) and watch the Bert finger puppet move all around while he held her head still. The only part she hated was at the end when he got real close and shone the light in her eyes.
Afterward while I had my exam she trashed the waiting room, fingerprinted the glass door and made a new friend. A man waiting for his wife let her play with his watch and encouraged her to sing (not that it takes a lot of egging on). When he asked her name she said proudly “Grandma!!”, and then cracked up laughing.
2 comments:
Oh wow! I haven't even thought about HJ's eyes!
Annabelle is cute as always!
Looking forward to your next post. It has been a while!
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