Glasses!

Well, the last few days we have noticed a problem with Aiden's eyes. Mainly his left eye has been going crossed. It gets really bad in the evenings and he says it hurts and is causing him a lot of grief. This morning I called the pediatrician to get a referral to an eye doctor. She wanted to see him first so we had an appointment with her this afternoon. She checked him out and said that this could be caused by a neurologic problem but that he checked out in that area. She referred us to an eye doctor and got us "right in."

So we drove over and waited FOREVER! But we were finally seen and the eye doctor said that he is far sighted. I don't fully understand but a child isn't near or far sighted like an adult. He can see in both areas but is having to work extra hard at both. His eyes are trained to really focus to see far then when that "focusing system" gets tired at the end of the day or he tries to focus on something close (like a book) his focusing system overworks and makes his eyes cross. She did say that it looks like we caught it early and that is good because if it is allowed to go on for while that eye can "give up" and become lazy.

The doctor dialated his eyes to get his prescription right. Then she checked again and gave him a prescription for glasses. We picked out a pair and they will be ready to pick up in a week. He wanted red ones...but we found a nice pair that are "gun metal." He looks so grown up and is so cute.

He was such a big boy the whole day. At the pediatrician he had to do all kinds of things to make sure he was doing good. He had to jump on one foot and flex his muscles and do all kinds of stuff. He listened and followed directions so well. Then at the eye doctor he had to read his letters and numbers and follow directions and then pick which prescription was better and he did. I think the eye doctor was really impressed. He was so tired and just ready to fall asleep I think. He is such a big boy! Maverick and Griffin were along for the ride and no one got naps and we still had an alright day. It was LONG but pretty good. We were in doctors's offices for 5 hours.

So now it is 7:40 and we just got home. I am exhausted and the boys are too. So off to relax until we can crawl into bed and collapse!!!