Pumpkin had to go for a kindergarten exam and passed with flying colors (20/20). He was so big and would tell the nurse what the letters were. "A", "lower case b", "G", "B", "lower case d". It was quite entertaining. He definitely has his daddy's eyes.
Princess has been to the eye doctor twice in the last two weeks. Unfortunately, she has her mommy's eyes. Today they dilated her eyes during a cycloplegic exam. We were at the eye doctor's office for two hours. She did not complain much, just had light sensitivity. The night before we ran to the store and got a pair of kid sunglasses and a cute little hat to help shield her eyes, which really helped during the visit and the following car ride.
The doctor conducted a couple different tests. The diagnosis is astigmatisms and nearsightedness (over a -2 refraction), which he said is rare for her age. The doctor thinks she probably has been nearsighted since she was a few weeks old. He said by the time she is fifteen her eye sight will probably be worse than mine (-4.75 with astigmatisms) and her vision could eventually reach -9 or -10.
So my little princess at the age of three will need to wear glasses. The doctor is going to start her out with 2/3 of the prescription that she needs to let her eyes adjust more slowly. Then six months down the road he will strengthen the prescription again.
We went to get fitted for glasses and of course all of the glasses were way too big. So they are ordering some glasses in for her to try out. Hopefully Friday we will get a pair of frames picked out, then it will be two to four weeks before the glasses arrive. I told the tech the Princess loves purple and pink, so we will have to see what color Princess decides to chose.
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