The girls have been running fevers off and on all last week with no other symptoms. I figured Dani's was from her teeth, and even felt around to confirm it, but it didn't explain why Ellee was the same way. To my surprise, the hygienist that worked on the girls informed me that Ellee is cutting her 6 year molars! And just when I thought I thought I was done with teething kids, I was proven wrong! But it's exciting to see that the girls keep growing up before my eyes!
We had to wait for Dr. Dan to finish up with another patient so he could check Dani, and needless to say, the girls got a little rambunctious, and goofy!
Before heading over to our afternoon appointment with the eye doctor, we went to Ellee's new favorite place to eat... Cracker Barrel! I think it's only because she loves playing checkers!
The eye doctors was a mad house when we got there! Very busy and it was going to be a few minutes before they got to us. I had Ellee look at frames and see if there was one that she liked. She was acting very sleepy, so I had to check her sugar to make sure she wasn't low (160, so she was just tired).
The eye exam didn't go so well. I could tell during the initial check of reading the chart that she obviously was struggling with her right eye. After Dr. D finished up, she showed me the results and it made my heart sink. Her right eye doubled the script strength and was becoming lazy. She wants us to patch her left eye once a day for the next six months to see if that strengthens it any.
Is this diabetes related, or just bad luck in the genetic draw? I don't know. I'd like to think that if it were the diabetes, that it would effect both eyes, not just the one. At this point, I guess it doesn't matter. What matters is to work on it and try to prevent any further damage.
I'm glad I had her pick out a pair of glasses before we saw the doctor. We had to wait our turn to order the glasses, and both the girls were obviously tired. Dani tried to curl up in a chair and fall asleep, but I was afraid, she'd roll off and Ellee was already curled up in my lap. I adjusted Ellee over to one leg and had Dani crawl up onto my other leg. Both girls fell asleep with their heads on my chest and were out! I did get quite a few "awwww!!!"s. It was a great feeling to have both girls snuggled up against me sleeping, I just wish we were at home in our chair and I was able to kick back and take a nap with them!
The gal that ordered our glasses for us was great! She was very sympathetic and told me that I could sit there and let them sleep as long as I wanted to. She did everything she needed to do on her end before she needed Ellee away to take measurements.
2 appointments down, one more to go!
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