Jamie's eye appointment results
Jun. 8th, 2006 07:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
celticdragonflySo off we went to Jamie's eye appointment. Slightly delayed by traffic problems and getting a bit lost at the end, but I got us there. In we went. The aide saw him first, had me sit in the exam chair with him in my lap, and looked at his eyes some, and said yes, she saw his eyes crossing. Then they had the doctor come in and examine his eyes, and he said yes, he saw it too. We were discussing family vision, and he looked at me and said "I see you're farsighted" and could see that I was much worse in the left eye, which was cool. Then we took Jamie into another room, laid him down, and he got the eyedrops to dilate his eyes. He did NOT like that, at all, either the first numbing drops or the second dilating drops. I had to hold him down. Poor baby. Then we were sent back out to the waiting room for about a half hour to wait for them to take effect. He was not a happy kid. Then the doctor examined him again, shining lights into his eyes through lenses and such.
Dr. Beauchamp said he is farsighted, although for him, unlike me, it's symmetrical. He is crossing his eyes, but not really badly. He wrote a glasses prescription for him, and told me that for now they're not going to correct it ALL the way, only about 80%, to get him used to things. He said the squinting Jamie has been doing is due to the eyes crossing. (Oh good, it's not stimming!) He'll be seeing Jamie again in six weeks, and can look at other options in the future. He might need the stronger prescription, if he's okay at distance but still crossing his eyes for close stuff he might need bifocals. He mentioned eye surgery, but said with Jamie as he currently is, it really isn't even on the radar. We made the next appointment, and he gave us a referral to an optical place down 114 a bit into Southlake that he says has experience with little kids' glasses.
So we went there. Jamie was not happy with life at this point at all - I'm sure getting out of the van in the really bright sunlight had to be miserable. He did not want to even try glasses on. They say that for a lot of kids, once they realize how much better they can see, they have no problems keeping them on - I just hope that's the case for him, I expect at least to start it's going to be a BATTLE. He wanted NO part of trying glasses on. We were having to have me hold him with his arms pinned, Renee the optician putting the glasses on, and then me trying to see them in the hand mirror before he yanked them off. Maggie was quite willing to help model glasses to show him it was okay - she'd have been thrilled to be getting glasses - but it wasn't scaring him or anything, he just wanted NO part of it.
The lady kept showing me little oval-rectangularish glasses, that I just did not think would cover much - I remember getting those pushed at me last time I got glasses, apparently they're fashionable, but I don't like them. When I was wearing them, I'd look down at my lap, where I'd hold a book or knitting, and I'd be looking through air, not lenses. Useless. She was saying but oh, round lenses would make his face look round! I figure he's 2 years old, he doesn't care if his face looks round, and I don't care, I just care can he see well. So I got her to show me a rounder pair. Fisher Price glasses, heh. They have the super bendable spring lenses, and the round cable earpieces to help hold them on better. The lenses will be polycarbonate, and guaranteed for a year against breakage. I'm glad of that.
They could have made them up with lenses they have there, but they told me that since his prescription is SO strong, better to have them sent out and custom made, so they can be flatter and a better fit. No extra cost, just extra time. So they'll be ready in a few days, probably middle of next week. Oh well, just like Mama, no "glasses in an hour" for us. I am bemused by the combination of the doctor telling me oh, we're not going to correct him all the way yet, and the optician telling me it's a really strong prescription - yeah, clearly this kid NEEDS these glasses. Oh, and the frames are blue, to match his cute blue eyes.
Dr. Beauchamp said he is farsighted, although for him, unlike me, it's symmetrical. He is crossing his eyes, but not really badly. He wrote a glasses prescription for him, and told me that for now they're not going to correct it ALL the way, only about 80%, to get him used to things. He said the squinting Jamie has been doing is due to the eyes crossing. (Oh good, it's not stimming!) He'll be seeing Jamie again in six weeks, and can look at other options in the future. He might need the stronger prescription, if he's okay at distance but still crossing his eyes for close stuff he might need bifocals. He mentioned eye surgery, but said with Jamie as he currently is, it really isn't even on the radar. We made the next appointment, and he gave us a referral to an optical place down 114 a bit into Southlake that he says has experience with little kids' glasses.
So we went there. Jamie was not happy with life at this point at all - I'm sure getting out of the van in the really bright sunlight had to be miserable. He did not want to even try glasses on. They say that for a lot of kids, once they realize how much better they can see, they have no problems keeping them on - I just hope that's the case for him, I expect at least to start it's going to be a BATTLE. He wanted NO part of trying glasses on. We were having to have me hold him with his arms pinned, Renee the optician putting the glasses on, and then me trying to see them in the hand mirror before he yanked them off. Maggie was quite willing to help model glasses to show him it was okay - she'd have been thrilled to be getting glasses - but it wasn't scaring him or anything, he just wanted NO part of it.
The lady kept showing me little oval-rectangularish glasses, that I just did not think would cover much - I remember getting those pushed at me last time I got glasses, apparently they're fashionable, but I don't like them. When I was wearing them, I'd look down at my lap, where I'd hold a book or knitting, and I'd be looking through air, not lenses. Useless. She was saying but oh, round lenses would make his face look round! I figure he's 2 years old, he doesn't care if his face looks round, and I don't care, I just care can he see well. So I got her to show me a rounder pair. Fisher Price glasses, heh. They have the super bendable spring lenses, and the round cable earpieces to help hold them on better. The lenses will be polycarbonate, and guaranteed for a year against breakage. I'm glad of that.
They could have made them up with lenses they have there, but they told me that since his prescription is SO strong, better to have them sent out and custom made, so they can be flatter and a better fit. No extra cost, just extra time. So they'll be ready in a few days, probably middle of next week. Oh well, just like Mama, no "glasses in an hour" for us. I am bemused by the combination of the doctor telling me oh, we're not going to correct him all the way yet, and the optician telling me it's a really strong prescription - yeah, clearly this kid NEEDS these glasses. Oh, and the frames are blue, to match his cute blue eyes.
