Settling

Last Friday I took Greta back to her pediatric ophthalmologist for a check up. I left feeling so settled. He said her glasses are working exceptionally well and that she can see so much better (we can tell this too). Among other things he said, "She can see straight as an arrow with them." I mentioned a bit about my quandry getting the glasses and he said, "Well, whoever did them did a fantastic job; because they are done so well she can see straight." My mind went back to Ellen, the pediatric optician, who told us the importance of the first pair of glasses and getting the correction in the right spot. She said that measuring pupil distance on a baby, especially one with strabismus is very difficult. The thing they hold up to an older person's eyes to measure pupils just doesn't work on a baby and holding up a ruler (like the two other opticians did when we were fitting other pairs for her) doesn't usually get it right enough. Then you throw in an eye that doesn't straighten out and you have even a more difficult time getting the correction in the right place. How she measured was genius. She put on a pair of baby glasses and covered one eye and got the uncovered eye to look forward. She made a mark on the glasses with a Sharpie marker. Then she covered the other eye and repeated it. After she took the glasses off, she measured the distance between the two lines. At that time I didn't realize how important that really was. I left the ophthalmologist's office just so thankful. Thankful for early intervention. Thankful we ended up at Moran Eye Center. Thankful I had the courage to bring it up to her pediatrician in the first place. Thankful Greta can see so much better now. (One of my favorite changes is her giggling and babbling more than she did before.) Just so thankful.