What do you get when you have 5 people, 14 eyes and a new tooth? Read on. A little bit ago I noticed that Trevor has an eye that will turn inward if he's concentrating on something up close. I kinda dismissed it because we had both Ashlee and Trevor's eyes checked for strabismus (a condition that Kassi has - weak eye muscles that require treatment for long term correction...it always presents in infancy/toddler years) and neither of them had a problem. Anyway, Kassi was in great need of a new pair of glasses *thanks for the nudging, Mom & Dad!* and so I set an appointment up for Trevor, too. Come to find out, his vision is fine, but he has a considerable issue that is baffling in it's timing; something that needs to be corrected. Since his vision is great, the glasses are just that - something to look through without any prescription - BUT he does have to have a high bi-focal in them to help his eye. He'll also get to play pirate at home for a few hours a day. We'll patch the good eye to try and strengthen the other. We go back in a few months to see if he'll need surgery (according to our ophthalmologist - it's quite likely) on the eye. Personally, I say we should do the surgery and be done with it, but the doctor always wants to do glasses first. I'm convinced it's because he doesn't have to fight with the kid to keep his glasses on! :) Anyway, while at the gym I got a message saying that both Kassi's and Trevor's glasses were ready to pick up. Great news.
After my shower - not such great news. I received a call from the school nurse about Kassi. "Mrs. York, this is the school nurse. I wanted to call and let you know that Kassi has had an accident on the monkey bars and has broken a tooth." I'm thinking, great. No biggie. The tooth fairy will just have to up the ante to make her feel better about this one..... She goes on - "It's on the top. It's a permanent tooth. It's a pretty big break, but the bleeding has stopped and she's doing okay."
WHAT???? A broken tooth? In the front? On top? LOVELY. Yeah, I pretty much got off of the phone and called my sister to tell her how unfair life seems to be for my darling little girl. I was pretty much ticked. Not at Kassi. I wasn't mad at her. I was just mad at life, ya know? Why? Why does this have to happen to my sweet little Kassi? After I had thrown some clothes on, I thought to call the nurse back to have her tell me exactly about the "break." When I called her back I asked "Is it a chip? A break? What does it look like?" The answer: "Oh no, Mrs. York. It's a break. A pretty good one. It's in a triangular shape from the bottom to the top." Again. All I could think was L-O-V-E-L-Y. I stopped at the dentist's office on the way to the school and they told me to forget about finding the broken part of the tooth. They wouldn't need it. They wanted to see her right away so I proceeded to the school. I have to tell you, I felt 100 times better when I walked in. All of this had happened about 20 minutes prior, but word spread like wildfire. She had been released back to class, but it seemed as though the first 10 people I bumped into had already checked on Kassi and told me all about her tooth. I even saw her teacher from last year walking in the hallway and she said "I haven't seen Kassi, but I heard she's okay!" Talk about a flooding of love. I was so grateful. I was so touched that they each love Kassi enough to make sure she's okay when something goes wrong. You can't ask for more then that when you can't be with your kids yourself.
So, to end the saga, I pulled Kassi and Trevor out of school and we marched over to the dentist. She hit it a good one. It's a little loose and it broke right below the nerve. He's concerned about possibly more damage done than what he could tell right then so we have to go back this Friday. He did go ahead and fix it by building a new portion of the tooth. I don't know what the procedure is called but whatever it is, it sure looks great. You can't even tell right now that she doesn't have half of it. They said that she should be in pain for the next 4 or 5 days, but, of course, she's taking it like a champ. You can always count on Kassi. *muah*
So, on with the pictures of my Friday.
Trevor Before:
Trevor After:
He picked these out himself. He was searching for the best Harry Potter glasses in our hunt for his pair.
Kassi's Before:
Kassi's After:
This is her fourth pair of glasses and I like the style better on her each time. These are my favorite shape for her!
So, what do you get when you have 5 people, 14 eyes and a new tooth? THE YORK FAMILY!!!
