Over the course of the school year thus far, we’ve noticed Katy having a bit of a problem with her vision. Of course, it wasn’t unexpected. Preemies often have eyesight problems, and KatyBeth herself suffered from retinopathy of prematurity and had surgical correction of strabismus before she was two years old.
But lately, particularly late in the day when she’s doing her homework, we’ve noticed her squinting a lot, and having trouble focusing.
So Friday we visited the pediatric opthalmologist who performed her surgery, and she was diagnosed with presbyopia, mild astigmatism in her right eye, and still a touch of strabismus – all of which, thankfully, can be easily managed with corrective lenses.
We’d been preparing the munchkin that she may need glasses, so when the doctor told her she’d be getting a pair of specs so she could do better with her schoolwork, she replied, “Yeah, and Daddy says I’ll be able to see targets better, too!”
He gave an amused chuckle and asked, “Does your Daddy let you shoot a BB gun, sweetie?”
To which she replied, matter-of-factly, “Nah, I have a pink Cricket .22, and Daddy lets me shoot his pistol and his .17 HMR, but he says when I get bigger I can get an AR 15!”
That last sentence, of course, delivered with all the hushed gravitas of a pre-teen solemnly informing her schoolmates that she had gotten backstage passes for the Hannah Montana concert: “Back. Stage. PASSES. Y’all.”
So yesterday we picked up her new “specs,” as she calls them, and she has been proudly sporting them around all day. And I can say, without a touch of bias, that my kid rocks a pair of spectacles like nobody’s business:
And she had a dandy time riding the Ferris Wheel at the fair yesterday, too.
Not sure if you had seen this site before.
http://littlefoureyes.com/
Is she getting the two front teeth for Christmas? Glad u had fun at the fair.
If this was Facebook, I would definantly click the "Like" link!
As I have said before…Your kid rocks!
My youngest (age 6) just got glasses yesterday. She's not sure if she likes them – and is still trying to play "Let's Make A Deal".. "Well, if I wear them to school, can I take them off when I get home?"
Her sister (age 9) however, is GREEN with envy. She does NOT like her baby sister to have things that SHE doesn't have. "But I'M older! Shouldn't I get glasses FIRST?!"
Too funny. Plus they're bright purple. Tres cool.
Ohmigod, she was standing right in front of the Booie Noff display! That looked like the 125 Pieces for $39.95 Deal I seen on late-night teevee!
Heh, you don;t know the half of it, Don. The Husband In Law runs this booth every year, and he can cart $300 worth of inventory out there and make $2500 in a weekend, selling crappy knives to the rubes who think they're getting a $50 knife for $10, when in reality they're getting a $2 knife for $10.
He does stumble into some good deals he passes on to friends, though. Had a Cold Steel GI tanto in the case that retails for over $100, that he was selling for $60… because he got it for $40.
She sure got more than her fair share of "cute", didn't she?
B-)
Very cool.
I was expecting somebody to chime in with You'll shoot your eye out, kid.
Awww. Extremely awesome! Not to mention cute.
As long as they're not bifocals, try this site (given to me by my optometrists) for amazingly cheap (and really good!) glasses online.
So husband in law is a Shriner, then?
Very cute, AD. Second-cutest kid in glasses I've seen today.
(First cutest would be the handsome young gentleman on the left in this pic…)
Wow! You must have done something pretty durn good in a previous life to get such a cute kid!
She looks ready to tackle the range in fine style.
SQUEE!!! Love the reply to the doctor.
(Hopefully, my little Wolfslayer won't need glasses, but the genetic odds don't look good. I'm the only one on either side who can see his own feet without glasses, and even I wear corrective lenses.)
Totally cute!
Hey, did we ever get pictures of the girl at the range??? I want a pink rifle!!!! LOL
From one four eyes to another….
When she gets big enough, you'll need to get her a set of ESS shooting glasses – The ones that you can put the script lenses into – they ROCK!