Jonas had a yearly physical a couple of weeks ago at the county health department and we were pretty shocked to find out that he is deaf in one ear (with a possible hole in his ear drum) and legally blind in one eye. I couldn't believe that we had no idea there was a problem! I quickly scheduled appointments with his regular doctor and an eye doctor to figure out what was going on. Thankfully he passed the second hearing test with no problems. It seems the possible hole must have been a piece of wax that was no longer there. His eye exam went a lot better as well, but he did still need to get glasses. The doctors notes say, "Jonas is farsighted in both eyes and has astigmatism in his left eye. Eye glass have been prescribed and are to be worn full time. Ocular health is excellent." I picked up his glasses on Friday while he was at school so he has only been able to wear them a little bit on Friday and today. As of right now he loves them and when he wears them he can't stop touching them. We are a little worried about the "full time" thing because he is such an active kid - always running, playing and rough housing. We might start out with him not wearing them at recess -at least until he gets more used to them.
We think the problem at the health department was that the hearing test was the kind where they have to wear headphones, listen to noises and then raise their hand when they hear something. He must have misunderstood that he had to raise his right hand if he heard it in his right ear and left hand if he heard his left ear. We were pretty sure it was a case of him not understanding the instructions but thought we should get it checked out for sure ASAP. I am starting to think he got a little nervous with the eye exam at the health department and that is why he got 20/70 on his left eye. It was the kind of exam where they look at a letter chart, cover an eye and name the letter. He knows his letters but it could be that he felt pressure to name them quickly and got nervous so didn't bother to try.
We are happy that is all worked out and that Jonas is not deaf or legally blind and that he looks SUPER CUTE in his glasses!
I love the first picture the best! He kinda has the deer in the headlight look. :D Love it. They look like they should be pretty sturdy? Don't they make kids glasses pretty flexible & sturdy for active kids?! I'd hope & assume so! Good thing he's not deaf or way blind! Whew.
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