danieljohnson

Had an appointment at the Child-health station last week with both Isabella and Daniel. Isabella just got her weight and length checked while Daniel had his 5 year control. This is where they check kids length, weight, eye sight and give them a vaccine shot. He didn't know about the vaccine simply because I forgot about it, so it was a "pleasant" surprise for the both of us...He took it well though and was more concerned about what kind of band aid he would get than about the shot.

When it was time to check his eye sight, he got to sit on the nurse's chair and got to say what letters the nurse was pointing at on the board two, three metres away. He had the letters on a piece of paper that he could point at himself since he doesn't know all the letters yet. When the nurse came down to the last line with the smallest letters (which 5 year olds apparently are supposed to see) I saw how Daniel started to hesitate. Whenever the nurse pointed at a letter on the board, Daniel would point at all the letters on his paper guessing wildly. This is what I did when I was a kid and had to go to the opticians. I couldn't see that well and didn't want to admit this to anyone, so I just guessed wildly and thought that nobody noticed. Of course I got the thickest glasses a la the 80s and hated every second I had to wear them. So Daniel's guesswork gives flashbacks and I feel guilty giving him those genes. The nurse tells us that Daniel will get an appointment with an eye doctor at the hospital just so that a professional gets to check his eye sight one more time. And then we go from there. I hope he doesn't get glasses just yet. I hope he gets to be a kid with no worries for a little bit longer.