Monday, May 17, 2010

News of the Day! Don't get excited, it's not good news!

This came as a shock to me but Cody needs spectacles. Poor little one can hardly see out of his left eye and has been sneakily masking it for years. I feel bad for not catching it sooner but, as mom says, don't blame yourself. Cody picked out some cute blue glasses and hopefully they will help. They unfortunatly won't cure the problem but will help a little bit. We have also been told to have Cody wear an eye patch for 30 minutes to an hour a day to try and get him to strengthen his bad eye. We are playing up the whole pirate thing, "oh, you look so cool with that patch on!" "Arrrr, your a scary pirate!" Yes, he looks silly but what can you do? He also hates the eye mask though because he can't see with his good eye covered up. It has to be done. Hopefully we will see progress. I will keep you posted and maybe even post a picture of him when the blue glasses arrive.

3 comments:

Andy, Beth and Jennah, too! said...

what made you get him checked?... Maybe he's practicing to be a really good pirate for Halloween... and will need a really cool sword and cool costume to go with it... they've got some really neat patterns out there! Can't wait to see the new spectacles!

Kristian Nordin said...

Oh yes, good idea Beth, a pirate will be a perfect halloween costume for this year. Cody is super excited to get the new spectacles. To answer your question as to what prompted us to get him checked. I was so totally done with our primary care physician and the new pediatrician actually did an eye exam. I don't recall the old one ever doing one. I thought cody was just fine. At the new doctors' office he was claiming he couldn't see out od one of his eyes when he covered only one up during the eye exam. I thought that maybe he was being dramatic and just trying to be a stinker. Followed the pediatricians advice and took him to the eye dr and yep, Cody wasn't faking it. I feel bad that I actually thought that he could be faking.

Cathy Bloom said...

can't wait to see his new glasses!