Last October we were notified by the school that Erin had failed her vision screening. Her eyesight in her right eye was 20/30 and in her left 20/60. We took her to Target for another vision screening where the Optometrist confirmed what the school had said, but then said that he was unable to correct the vision in either eye with a prescription. He told us that she had a "lazy eye". This came as a bit of surprise since we've never noticed her eye wandering or drooping when she is tired, but not a surprise since Rex has a lazy eye, as well as one uncle and two cousins.
We got a referral from a pediatrician in the Ward and we made an appointment for a month later at a children's ophthamologist . At the appointment they examined her eyes including dilating them which Erin hated. The difference I noticed at this appointment was that when Erin said she couldn't see the letters on the line they encouraged her to look really hard and make a good guess. Sometimes she would get it right and sometimes she wouldn't. At the end of the appointment the Dr. seemed very confused. He said that he couldn't confirm what the school and what Target said. Her vision wasn't perfect, but it wasn't as bad as the school and Target said. He didn't think we should do anything. I asked about patching just because Erin is getting to the age where studies show that the effectiveness for patching goes way down. He basically said I could try if I wanted and then we'd see her back in three months. I left the appointment frustrated. I didn't like how they told her to guess because I wasn't sure if she could actually see the letter or if she was just getting a "lucky guess".
After talking to my BIL I decided to start patching and get a second opinion. The new Dr. is very hard to get in to and since it was a second opinion we couldn't get an appointment for three months. We were really good about patching (three hours a day) until Christmas break and didn't do so well for the last couple of months. Our appointment with the next Dr. was last week. They did all of the same tests and even told Erin that she got credit for guessing (which she later told me she didn't understand because she doesn't get credit for guessing at school). If the original tests were acurate Erin's eyesight has improved from 20/40 to 20/30. They recommended they we continue to patch (dropping from 3 hours a day to 2 hours) for 2-3 months and also prescibed glasses with a very minor prescription in the left eye. So we'll go back in a couple months and reevaluate.
On Friday we went shopping at Target for glasses. Erin was pretty excited! The girl loves to shop and it really doesn't matter what we're buying. She tried on almost every pair. Below you'll see some of the ones she tried on. The question is: Can you guess what pair she chose? The first person to guess will get a surprise in the mail from us!
Now to the crying. Erin hates wearing a patch. Most of the time she cries when she has to put one on. I don't like listening to her whine so on school days I send her to school with the patch on and tell her that she can take it off after recess.
So now on to the fun which pair did she choose?
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Brooke and her teacher
