I SEE...

I have recounted this story many times but for memory sake I will again retell the story of Brin and her new glasses…

I have been aware of the fact that our kids may have problems with their eyesight because of Justin’s terrible vision. So, being sensitive to this I have been watching Brin from the time she was little. But, there were no signs that she had any problem seeing; she is well advanced socially and mentally for her age. Her Preschool teacher said she had no problem understanding or participating. However, about a month ago as we were watching TV I asked Brin to change the channel to 8 and that is when she said “Mom there aren’t any numbers on the TV!” Well, yes there were and I could see them as clear as day. I told Justin about my concerns, he let me know of a free eye exam for kids and off I went.
We took Brin to do a prescreening (to see if we really need to get an appt.) She sat down and stuck her little head into a machine and the operator than asked her to read line 6. Nothing was uttered by Brinley, the operator than asked me “Does she know her numbers and Alphabet?” “Yes,” I answered. I then stuck my head in there and I could see just so clearly all the way down to line 10. So I asked Brin to read the biggest line. Perfectly she read line one and then line 2 after that she said it got blurry. SHE COULD ONLY SEE LINE ONE AND TWO!!! The operator promptly signed a paper for an exam.

We set up an appt for her exam and I was so glad that we were going to get to the bottom of this and get her seeing well. We meet with the Optometrists, and toward the end of the LONG exam he explained to me that she had a stigmatism in each eye, she was far sighed, and that she has NEVER seen clearly even up close. Her whole life she had never seen really anything clearly. I was so saddened by this news, but thankful that we were going to be able to help her. The Dr. then informed me that he wouldn’t get the to 20/20 that day because it would cause her headaches, he made an appt for October to see her and change her prescription again. Every time we would meet with anyone and they saw her prescription they would stop and say, “Wow, she does need glasses!”

As we walked out to get into the car Brin looking down at the feet said “Mom, I can see my shoes from way up here.” Since this incident we have heard many interesting observations from Brin because of her new found sight. Like “Mom I can see Mountains!” “The TV works from even way back here.” And just today “I like all the colors I can see when I wear my glasses!”