Friday, February 18, 2011

A Surprising Discovery

In a funny twist of fate (encouraged by a comment that my Dad made about Megan holding her papers so close to read), I had both girls' eyesight tested Wednesday.

Ironically, Megan DID NOT need glasses (Dr. -who is also their dance teacher and loved by both - said she sees perfectly, just holds it close and slouches out of habit). However, Shanna DID need glasses. Dr. immediately found an astigmatism, quite pronounced in her left eye, which apparently Shanna was using very little to see!! She never exhibited any symptoms of a problem and never said anything was wrong. She probably thought everyone sees that way!

So, 2 days later, she has new glasses and is going around saying "I can see, I can see!!"

WOW. And really, it was just an afterthought on my part to have her checked, since the Dr. could fit her in!!!

Unfortunately, this was discovered in the MIDDLE of the assessments by the school district, so the impact on the overall testing is quite unknown. Just added to the many facets of Shanna.

It was hard to find a pair that did not overwhelm her face, but these rectangle rimless seemed just right. She is SO proud and excited about her glasses. She is very careful with them and keeps them on all the time. I can hear my grandma saying "Oh boy, what a girl!"
 
Life here is never dull!

2 comments:

Mike Branscombe said...

She looks great in her glasses, could she teach Rong Rong to keep them clean?

Karen McG said...

Her glasses look great! The smile says it all, as usual. :)