Ok, so I take Cymbre to the eye doctor to get a new glasses perscription. I take all the letters from the eye specialist, and have her diagnosis written on a piece of paper. I tell the technician her problems, and she takes us back to check her perscription and do the other tests that they do before you see the doctor.
So she checks her perscription, and then she sets her at the machine to check the pressure in her eye.....now I am not stupid, and as soon as she says what she is going to do....I have this TERRIBLE FEELING....and suddenly, I just say, you can't do this to her....It was that test where they shoot the little puffs of air at your eye to check for glaucoma! The technician says that she has to do this test, and I said no you don't. She has a posttraumatic vitreoretinal interface abnormality, and a posterior vitreal detachment with traction. That means that NOTHING can hit her eye....or it could cause the retina to detach, causing blindness. The technician says I will have to sign a paper refusing the test....I told her to get the paper, that they weren't shooting air or anything else at her eye unless they wanted to be responsible for her blindness.
So we sign the paper, and she takes us to the doctor.....I explain the issues to the doctor and tell her that I refused the test. She said under the circumstances, I was right to refuse the test. I told her that she didn't need to worry about the issues Cymbre has as the neuro opthomalogist is taking care of them. And therefore, we don't need to dialate her eye today. We just need her to do the exam and perscribe new glasses. BOY, AM I GLAD I DIDN'T SEND HER BACK BY HERSELF....she might have come out not seeing in her right eye!!! No one can ever do that kind of a test to her....she has to have her eye numbed, and manually examined.
Back in a minute....blood sugar is too low....must eat some candy.....
OK, so we got her new frames, and she got some really cute purply pink plastic things. They are really cute on her....now we just have to wait to get them.
Then last night around midnight, Cymbre comes downstairs holding her broken retainer! GIVE ME A BREAK....it hasn't even been a month since we replaced the thing!!! She was asleep, and it fell out of her mouth, and somehow, it is broken in several pieces. $200 to replace the thing. I called the orthodontist today, and told him that we have to change our plan....I can't pay that kind of money every few weeks....he said he will think of something. She sees him tomorrow.
I am finally getting my blood sugar under control again....this insulin stuff can be touchy....and I have to keep my favorite candy bar handy for times like tonight, but who doesn't enjoy a good cherry mash candy bar now and then. I am feeling better, but I wish the medicine wasn't do darn expensive! They say all this is because I am getting older....and I told them I was going to slug them the next time they told me that....Dad may be getting older, but I AM NOT!!! I am a very young Grandma! Deal with it!!! If I was old, I would have lots of gray hair, and I don't.
I can hardly wait for school to be out for the summer....I am SO TIRED of the routine. I just want to play....to sew with the girls, to go down to Harwin street and look for costume jewelry, to have their friends over, to go to lunch with their friends, to SLEEP IN, to turn off the alarm clock, and to just do what we want to for a while.
I cleaned up the sewing room yesterday, now we can make it a mess again sewing this summer.....I mean I have two new GRANDBABIES on the way, so surely there must be some sewing that needs doing. YEAH! GRANDBABIES!!
I showed Sister Mayo my grandma brag book today, and told her she has to be very jealous....She didn't have a problem with that....she was!
Dad is at the Taylor Swift concert with the girls tonight.....I am home alone. I think I may fill up the tub, and use all the hot water, and read my new book I got for Mother's Day! I have been ironing all day, so I think I deserve the luxury!
Cooper is actually doing very well with her driving....I think I have almost got her to park! She does better with the slanted parking spaces then the straight ones, and we haven't even tried the parallel stuff yet.....but she is driving most everywhere we go. Dad even took her on the highway and made her go 65 the other night....she was terrified!
Well, the candy bar is clicking in, so it's time for some bubbles, a cold drink, and my book.....then my nightie, and a movie. I'm not so shaky now....
You all need to find someone to help tomorrow....carry some groceries, cheer up a friend, serve someone. AND HUG THOSE GRANDBABIES!!!!
I love you.
Mom
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