roxi's eyes have been crossing, and her opthamologist's recommendation for treatment is to start with glasses. hopefully they'll help strengthen the eye muscles so that they won't continue to pull inward.
i was born with crossed-eyes myself (born with 'em! had to have three surgeries! young!) so as you can imagine i have been cursing the family genes for allowing this to happen to roxi, too. (of course, her condition isn't as bad as mine was, but still...)
shortly after i arrived in colorado yesterday i went along to the eye doctor to watch roxi get her first pair of glasses. i hoped that she'd take to the them well and i could alleviate some of my inbred guilt over giving her crappy eyeballs. :-)
before, with the most gorgeous mom on earth:
the doctor slides the glasses on her face:
"yeah? are you sure?"
"really... i'm not so sure about this."
despite the pained expressions, she left the glasses on. she didn't fuss and really didn't seem to mind them. she did put her fingers on the lenses a lot and tried to push the frames up the bridge of her nose, but she didn't try to forceably remove them until we got home.
at home, after a few attempts at removing the glasses (thwarted by the parents) she seemed to settle right in to them. she ate dinner, played and generally forgot she was wearing them.
even after bathtime she didn't seem to mind having them on.
sweetest girl in the world, i'll tell you what. and if it's even physically possible for her to be cuter, the glasses make her so.
Posted by xta at March 10, 2006 09:19 AM | TrackBackLittle kids and glasses--definitely cute, but tell me they got a really good warranty for scratches, bent frames, lost lenses, lost nose pads, swallowed nose pads, etc. etc. etc.
Posted by: Penny at March 10, 2006 12:08 PMpoor thing!
Thank god there is treatment for crossed eyes nowa'days. What did those poor pioneers and colonists do? I guess you had to wear a patch over one eye.
ARRRRR
Posted by: Matt at March 10, 2006 12:35 PMThere is nothing cuter than a kid with glasses! I know it's kind of sad when they are that little and they already need help with the eyes, but still, she is adorable!
I LOVE the picture in the mirror at the opthamologist. Everyone has a big smile except for Roxi. She seems to be thinking, "You can make me wear 'em, but you can't make me like it."
Posted by: John Boy at March 11, 2006 08:52 AMI like the post-bath thumbsucking picture: 'Just leave me with my thumb and DON'T try and comb my hair - I'm wearing the glasses, what more do you want?'
Posted by: marianne at March 11, 2006 10:00 AMEveryone can quit withthe quilt. Except me.... The bad eyes are a result of the Wessel/Poulsen side of the family tree. I was wearing glasses by secoond grade, and that was more years ago than I care to remember. In any case, Xtas need for three surgeries AND glasses AND eye patches to boot are a direct result of that tree branch,and NOT Xta's. So there.
Posted by: Mommy at March 24, 2006 03:53 PM