Rachel surprised us all on Monday by calling in the middle of the day saying that she was having a hard time reading her school work and reading the board. She said that everything was fuzzy. I called Enoch at work to ask his opinion. He said that he would find out stuff about our insruance and then would call me back. He called me a little later saying that Rachel had an eye appointment at 12 noon. We are leaving for Boise today (Wednesday) and we didn't want problems while we were there. I got her out of school just before lunch and took her over to the eye doctors. We had her eyes checked by another doctor in December because she had been complaining of her eyes hurting. The doctor had said that she was a little near sighted but nothing to even worry about. She could still see far and we didn't need to come in for another year or more. Because of what the doctor said we opted out on optical insurance for Rachel for the 2009 year. Luckily though the appointment is covered under medical.
Well she did need glasses. She is near sighted in the right eye and has a astigmatism in the left eye. She wasn't too bad but bad enough to get glasses. So we picked out some glasses for her. I was so hesitant because of how much they were going to cost. I even ran over to Walmart to look at their glasses. We didn't find any that we liked so we got ones from the doctor. The nice thing about getting them from the doctors was that they could have them ready for her the next day. They also had a coupon for $65 dollars off. I was happy that it wasn't over $200 for her glasses.
She picked out some small dark purple metal framed glasses. They are really cute on her. I was hoping to get a picture of her in them yesterday with her hair flat ironed straight and in her shirt and tie that she wore the first day of school. No such luck. I did get pictures of her this morning though as she headed out the door. She loves them and looks cute in them. She also can see really well now. No more blinking 100 times while talking to you or watching TV.
Rachel also has an appointment with the orthodontist on Tuesday. She should be getting braces soon. I told Rachel that she would be a geek with her braces and glasses. She then told me that glasses and braces were cute and all of her friends that have braces and glasses look awesome. I guess I felt like a geek when I had glasses and braces. Glad she doesn't feel that way.
Oh yes and Jacob cried when he found out that she was getting glasses and he wasn't. He was so mad. He really wanted glasses too. Kids are so funny.
5 comments:
I love the glasses. tell her she looks too cute!
you look hot, I love the glasses you picked
I think the glasses are very pretty and make her look older. I don't know if that was her idea. Either way, they are way cute.
So cute! Rachel is awesome! I think i was in 5th grade when I first decided I wanted glasses. In fact I'm pretty sure I had a fake pare and lied about them being real. lol. Now that I have them I get sick of wearing them and wish I had contacts. Hopefully she'll keep loving them.
Jacob is so funny. What a cute kid!
Tell Rachel I think she looks super cool in them! :-D
Very nice glasses. And she looks stylin' yet again in her hannah montana shirt and scarf. Does she still like them lots? Does she need to wear them all the time? Sorry to Jacob. I was jealous of you when you got glasses too. I'll miss Rachel's gap in her front teeth after she gets braces. :)
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