During Ashley's annual physical last fall, her pediatrician recommended that we have Ashley see an optometrist as Ashley's left eye seemed a bit weaker than her right one. We waited a few months since she had not complained about eye problems, headaches, or trouble seeing the board in school. We had never seen her having to squint while looking at things or frankly had any indications (other than the doctor) that there was a real problem with Ashley's eyesight.
So forward to April and the long awaited trip to the optometrist. Cathy and Ryan went mall walking while Ashley and I waited to see the doctor. Up until the we were in the exam, our prediction was that the eyes were a little different, but glasses would not be needed. Once Ashley began the exam and could not read the letters with the right eye closed, I began to get worried. When she couldn't read the second set, I knew glasses would be needed. Oddly enough, Ashley has 20/20 vision in the right eye, but 20/80 in the left. This explains why she had not complained about seeing since her dominant eye was compensating for the weaker one.
So as we are waiting for the eye to dilate for a retina check, we call Cathy to come back to LensCrafters and begin to look at frames. As I had just had to get new glasses a year ago, the sticker shock was not so great, but the shock of a totally surprising expense was starting to sink in. Long gone are the days of getting glasses complete for $25 as I did as a kid.
Ashely was apprehensive as to what her school friends would think and say, so we let her pick the frames she wanted and thankfully there was a 50% off kids discount. and with Flex Spend reimbursement, the damage is not as bad as originally feared. Luckily for Ashley, her classmates loved the new specs.
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