My name is George, my wife is Alexandra, and our son’s name is Nicholas. Nicholas turned two as of August of this year. Our experiences with glasses, patching, and pediatric ophthalmologists began when Nicholas was about two months old. While changing his diaper one weekend morning, the sun happened to be shining in on hisContinue reading “Your stories – a little boy in glasses”
Category Archives: medical stuff
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 eyes were NOT turning, my gut told me differently. I made an appointment with an eye doctor on my own. Sure enough, Braden’s eyes didContinue reading “Why Can’t We All Just Get ALONG???!”
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 of bifocals, but she really felt like it wasn’t a problem of Zoe crossing her eyes more up close, or that a change in prescriptionContinue reading “questions”
glasses aren’t enough
Zoe had another eye appointment today, this time to follow-up on her new prescription. Unfortunately, while the doctor (and I) could see that the glasses were helping with her eyes, as the doctor said, it was only better, not perfect. As in all the other appointments, the doctor had Zoe look at a toy upContinue reading “glasses aren’t enough”
putting the library degree to good use
Zoe had her ophthalmologist appointment on Friday. I’d noticed that her eyes were crossing again, even with glasses, so I was expecting her prescription to increase, and indeed, it did. As her ophthalmologist was writing out her new prescription, she warned us that “this is going to look like a big change in her prescription.Continue reading “putting the library degree to good use”
InfantSEE program
Thought I’d post a link about the InfantSEE program from the American Optometric Association. They’re a public health program working to make vision screening a normal part of the infant wellness care. They recommend having children screened at 6 months of age, and in fact provide free infant eye assessments in the first year ofContinue reading “InfantSEE program”
For Little Eyes 