You can fill in the blanks. Maybe going to the dentist, pediatrician, just about anywhere....our "something" just happens to be going the eye doctor.
It was an ordinary kinda Monday in Dalhart, TX. We had pleasant weekend, and no one would have suspected what would happen. Jaylee had an eye appointment. She had lost her bifocal eye glasses in less than a year and was complaining about headaches. So as any good mother with vision insurance... I made her wait until insurance would pay for a new eye exam.... (disclaimer--we were within 6 weeks of insurance paying)
So I head off early to our appointment, 3 kids in tow. We arrive and the aid takes us to the little machine you look into that does most of the work for the eye doctor-you don't even have to read anything- this machine does all the work for you. You just have to hold your head
still....which we had trouble doing that day.
When we arrive in the acutal office, we all find a place to sit ( littlest and most likely to get into trouble is on my lap) Jaylee now is to cover one eye and read the smallest letters she can read. She reads the lines from R to L... Why? you ask, good question. So we tell her, read it like a book...L to R. Still she want to read R to L. (Oh, well)
After a short wait, the doctor comes in. We like the doctor. All 5 of us use him, and today --we abuse him.
Kolin pipes in, "My mom said you are wierd." (which I did not say at any time, but why should this poor may believe me) I try to act like Kolin doesn't really know what he's talking about.
During the exam, which took 1 1/2 hrs, Jaylee would not hold her head still---she kept bobbing up and down and looking around the funny face mask, she read from R to L-when she read,. Most of the time, he would ask her what is the smallest line you can read, and she would say "#2 or #3"-and not read it out loud for him to see how close she was getting it.... he would say please read it for me, and she wouldn't---SHE WOULDN'T. (She does not practice not doing what she is ask to do, so I was wondering if we should be at the hearing doctor instead of the eye doctor.) The poor man knows what prescription she had before in the bifocals, and eveything that Jaylee is telling him now is she needs no RX... This is all for the distance part of the exam.
We now start the reading part. It went from bad to worse..... our poor doctor friend was at a loss. Finally, he opens a drawer and pulls out 2 glass circles and holds them up to Jaylee's eyes. He tells me what he would do is get her a pair of +150 reading glasses at the Dollar Store.
I did not mention that our middle son is part cat. He likes to rub his head on things, people, whatever, it really does not matter. He has been sitting in the chair like Mork from Ork. If you don't know about Mork and Mindy, you might try to catch it on Nick or something.
The smallest boy has been on my lap and for the most part very good. As the patient doctor leaves us, Kolin speaks up once again, "My mom says You're not funny."
Not only is he disrespectful and embarrasing, he thinks using my name gives him some sort of authority.
As we leave, the doctor is asking his aid to come in and interpret for him and a spanish couple who are supposed to be able to talk English. I look at this poor man and tell him he should cancel all his patients and go home.
I had ask the doctor before we left if he had any children. He said, smiling, one daughter who was less than a year. I tell him he has something to look forward to. Many of you have had similar experiences, and the rest of you have something to look forward to.
When relating this to a friend, I ended it with I wish the father had been there. She laughed in an understanding way, knowing that I meant that none of this would have happened if the father had been there.
have any of you heard of the infamous Montana Men Mafia? They are suckers for cute Texas gals.....
