July 20, 2011 10:07 p.m.
Chips was very happy to find a certain small package inside our mailbox today. It was his new pair of eyeglasses from Zenni Optical dot com. I cannot tell you how many times we have purchased glasses from Zenni over the years, very economical eyeglasses, and we have never been disappointed. I think Chips pinned the coolness meter with this new pair.
What do you think? Do his new glasses suit him? I think he will look great wearing them in the orchestra this year. And he is happy that he will be able to actually read the notes on the music stand! Whoo hoo!
Poor kid – his prescription is already –4.25 and he is only eleven years old. Our optometrist joked with us, that today’s parents not only have to save up for their children’s braces, but also for Lasik. Too crazy, right? I think she was semi-serious.
As an aside, through some miracle of genetics, Sweet Girl still does not need eyeglasses, and her vision is near perfect. What a blessing.
2 comments:
My prescription settled at -4.75 when I was 12. Pray your son takes a similar path. Great looking glasses (or goggles, as my middle daughter calls them).
As for Lasik, when hubby had cataract surgery in May, I asked the surgeon about Lasik. Her response was that if you're successful with contacts, or like your glasses, it's a waste of money. Since she does this surgery - a lot - I take this as gospel. Just another perspective.
They are indeed very cool. Chips looks so mature!
We have the same gender divide with glasses here. My son's prescription is something like -2 something in one eye, and -3 something in the other. He now mainly uses contact lenses, but wears glasses every now and again to rest his eyes. He was keen on the idea of laser surgery, but after a visit to a university in England and talking to a laser specialist in their engineering department (about lasers in general, not just eye surgery!) he is totally put off by what this professor said about the longer term uncertainties of laser eye surgery success. Something to do with possible bulging of the cornea.
Do parents pay for braces under American health care? They're free in the UK up to the age of 18 for all except the very mildest of corrections. My daughter has just got braces at the age of 17 - her case had to be assessed since the treatment will likely last until she's 19, but we were relieved that the National Health Service will bear the cost.