Back to see the eye doctor with the awesomely (is that a word?) fun name to say! I think J thinks the whole hospital is named after her.
The office has been remodelled and now when the door to the staff lounge is open, one can see a fabulous white microwave and red espresso machine. I couldn't keep the kid out of there. I was reminded several times about how white the rectangle microwave and how red the espresso machine was.
We were called back by an intern who did the initial exam with J. We saw him last time too. He said this was the day he was going to get Jackson to like him. lol Jackson was doing great until the dr tried to examine him. The dr wanted J to match the shapes on the tv screen to a laminated sheet with the same shapes on it. J wasn't having any of the matching, but he'd sob loudly, "hooouuuse" or "aaaaapple." As soon as the intern left to get the doctor of the awesome name, J was back to his old self, dancing around the room and trying to get the laminated "game" out of the drawer. He's never going to win an Oscar for his acting.
Overall, Dr. C feels that J doesn't use his left eye as much as his right (the wandering one). His left eyelid has always been a little droopy (ptosis). She wants him to wear his "blanket" glasses two hours a day over the right eye and then we'll go back in two months. The blanket part of "blanket glasses" is a little fleece patch that slips over the lens, so J doesn't have to wear the sticky patches over his eye. That was a nightmare!
I ran into one of the parents from the Family Advisory Committee and we had a nice chat while we were waiting. This was their first time seeing Dr. C; I told the mom she'd love her.
Ironically, J hasn't worn his glasses regularly since the last visit. We've made several attempts, but I find them in the back of the dump truck, in the play kitchen microwave or in the hot little hands of a tornadic curly headed toddler. This morning when I got the case out, J said, "Glasses!" He wore them from the time I put them on him, through his appt and until Daddy delivered him at school. Yay! We'll see what his teacher says about how long he kept them on at school! Progress hopefully!
Object du Jour: The glasses, the doctor's "shape game" and a super keen Elmo sticker.
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