Polycarbonates

So I have already written this post a couple dozen times in my head all through the night last night and now I can't remember how I had woven the story so cleverly and neatly together. I should have typed it out instead of spending my wee morning hours doing research. At this juncture all my thoughts are filled with swimming facts, so you get the facts not a story. (I guess having been up since 3:30 then dashing like a mad girl getting Cache's wisdom teeth out, then to get prescriptions then in his care and taking care of the other issues of the day, the story is gone.)

Fact 1: Greta has strabismus. It is genetic and if you carry the recessive gene, studies show 1 out of 4 of your children will have it.

Fact 2: Strabismus means she needs glasses. The doctor assured me she could see, but she had to work very hard to do it. But with a diagnosis like +10 and +9 I kind of get the feeling that there is less sight than more.

Fact 3: There are not too many frame options for a 6 month old baby. The office I was at had 1 option. They looked so Harrypotterish and nerdy to me. But I ordered them not knowing what else to do and then I cried all the way home.Fact 4: Sweet neighbors who tend little Tessas and husbands who assure the overwhelmed mom that you don't have to go with the nerdy ones are heaven sent.

Fact 5: I am vain because my biggest worry has been that no one will tell us she is cute any more (we have been too spoiled in that department).

Fact 6: Brothers were honest. 1) "I don't know if I like Greta as much with glasses." 2) Greta is only going to be half as cute with glasses." (yes, I'm raising tactful children).

Fact 7: Did I already say that frames for this age are hard to find? I have been out and about looking, looking, looking and when I find some and start the ordering process find out that they have been discontinued.

Fact 8: Tom said to me early this morning. "This is Heavenly Father's plan for Greta. She is going to have some challenges, but that is okay." I told him he sounded too much like me.

Fact 9: As the whole thing is sinking in, I'm starting to wish more and more for Greta to be able to see well and to develop properly. This can't happen without glasses, nerdy or not. I'm going to embrace this. It's just going to take a little time.

Fact 10: As we were explaining to the kids that people don't really get 'glasses' (lenses made from glass) anymore, Caleb said, "Well they shouldn't be called glasses then." I asked him if we should say that Greta is getting plastics. He said, "No, she is getting polycarbonates."