distractions (blog update)
In order to distract myself from the surgery these past couple of nights after Zoe went to bed, I did a bit of clean up on the blog as well […]
Monthly Archives: August 2008
surgery tomorrow – updated
So tomorrow is the big surgery day. We’ll be getting up at the crap of dawn to get to the Eye Institute by 5:30 in the morning. Actually, “crap of […]
Greatful for Glasses…
I just read the wonderful story Danielle wrote in comments and it reminded me of a similar experience we had at the hospital for Teagans eye surgery. As I’ve said, […]
your stories – cataracts
I’ve moved this post from the comments, because I wanted to have it on the front page for everyone to read. I really love reading everyone’s stories about their kids […]
seeing through their eyes
I wanted to point everyone to this post by MotherhoodandPotatoes on her blog – she’s the mom of C (scroll down near the bottom of the gallery for C’s picture) […]
Why Can’t We All Just Get ALONG???!
Many moons ago, (or so it seems!) in September of 2007, I had an appointment for my son Braden to get his eyes checked. Although my pediatrician insisted that Braden’s […]
Well crap.
My 6 year old daughters had a check up today and Emma failed the eye exam. Now, I’m not really surprised at this, since I’m half blind, the man of […]
New Mom Joining In
As I try to figure out how to start this I’m feeling a little like the new kids trying to join a lunch table. Will I be interesting? Can I […]
Hey kid, that’s not a toy!
There is some bit of irony in the fact that I have to let my toddler wear a relatively expensive pair of glasses so that he can see. You can […]
repsonses
Bit of of a random train of thought post today. Teagansmom’s comment on my last post (her #11 about wanting to scream the next time someone asks how you know […]
you might have a young kid with glasses…
You might have a young kid in glasses if: You can spell “pediatric ophthalmologist” without pausing to looking it up. Your child has a tan line across the bridge of […]
questions
MotherhoodandPotatoes asked for the questions we asked at Zoe’s eye appointment about the surgery, so here they are: Would bifocals or a stronger prescription help? We talked about the possibility […]
how did you know?
It’s one of the most common questions we get when people ask us about Zoe’s glasses: how did we have any idea that she needed the glasses? At first, I […]
For Little Eyes 