On April 10th Princess was diagnosed with nearsightedness and astigmatisms. It took 17 days to find frames for her narrow face and another 7 days to get the lenses. Yesterday we picked up her finished glasses. So, it took a grand total of 24 days to get our little 3-year-old daughter a pair of glasses.
She was really excited to get her "princess" glasses.
Below you will find a simulation of what her vision would be like without the glasses. It is based on her prescription, which is accentually 3/4 of what she needs. We will be returning to the eye doctor's office in October to strengthen the prescription a bit more.
Normal vision on the left.
Princess's vision simulation on the right.
At first she was not too sure about the glasses. She wanted to show them off, but was not sure that she wanted to wear them all the time.
We stopped by the cemetery and showed grandma and great-grandpa the new glasses. Then we went by daycare and showed our glasses off there to the other kids. Then we saw auntie and daddy at home and great-grandma drove over to see the new glasses. Hopefully later today, we can model our glasses for a few more family members.
Last night we went back and forth with wearing the glasses. She watched Cinderella and Peter Pan last night without standing in front of the television screen. We have yet to try to read a book, but hopefully this afternoon.
This morning there was no trouble getting her to put the glasses on. We have had a few revelations today.
1) At breakfast: "Mommy! I put water all over my glasses!"- Ugh, out came the cleaning cloth. "Princess, try to not get your glasses wet. If they are wet you cannot see very good."
2) Grocery store: "I want CINDERELLA!" "No, that is cake gel. We don't need that today." Lots of tears, poor great-grandma pushing the shopping cart. A little later: "I want CINDERELLA!" "No, that is lip gloss. We can't get that today." Kicking and screaming and lots of tears on the way to the check-out. Well, to look at the bright side at least she is seeing better. Hahahaha
3) In car after grocery store: Screaming from the back seat. "Take it off! Take it off!" What is it???? Pumpkin placed a banana sticker over one of the lenses. So we had to pull the car over and get the sticker off. Then I had to talk to them about why we do not put stickers on Princess's glasses.
Oh, I also forgot the surprise from yesterday. Princess could see so well last night with her new glasses, that she took pruners from their shelf in the garage and cut the sensor wires for the garage door opener in about four places. So until we replace the wiring, we will be manually opening and closing the solid wood garage door. Well, I guess I should be happy that it was not anyone's hair.
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