Tonight we took Delaney to get his eyes checked. He'd said that his glasses weren't working great, though I was thinking it was because he rarely cleans them and they have fingerprints all over the glass. However seeing him flip them upside down sometimes to see better had me worried.
So he headed down to Dr. Vaske tonight and had things checked. His eyes were slightly worse, down to 20/30 corrected, so they're not horrible, but the Dr. said that his growth spurt over the winter probably altered his prescription.
So I asked him about contacts and he said that it was borderline with Delaney. He was right at the age they consider it, if he has good habits and can keep his hands clean. And he doesn't freak out with something in his eyes.
I said we should try, going with some daily wear lenses, so Dr. Vaske took him into the exam room and checked things and then put one in Delaney's eye. You could see him freaking out a bit, scrunching his eyes, fists tight, worried. After a couple tries it went in, and Delaney didn't even know it. We were looking at him and he asked if it was in.
It was, and we had to caution him not to run his eyes, but he said it felt fine then, still a little freaked out (his words) from the experience. Getting it out had him likewise a little nervous, but he managed and said it wasn't horrible.
They didn't have time to go over the insertion with him, so we'll do that tomorrow, let him wear them Fri and then take a break in DC. I'll help him the following week and he'll have a followup. If it goes well, he might be on to daily wear lenses.
Quite a chance from when I was a kid. I remember having loads of trouble getting contacts, having trouble getting them in. Even having to head to the optometrist again the next day for help getting them in. I also had daily cleaning ones, having to rub a solution in, then heat them overnight. Paranoid about issues, I religously kept my hands clean when working
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