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Oliver Gets Glasses
Click , Nov/Dec 2004 by Simon, Charnan
When Oliver saw cows instead of horses in Grandpa`s field, Mom took him to the
eye doctor.
"I don`t like this," Oliver whispered in the waiting room. "Will it hurt?"
"Nope," said Mom. "I`ve been coming for years, and I`ve never been hurt yet."
Oliver felt better when he met Dr. Walker. Dr. Walker had red glasses and a bow
tie. He helped Oliver climb into the chair in his examining room. He listened while
Oliver told him about the cows and horses.
"Your eyes work like a camera," Dr. Walker said. "When your eyes are open and
there`s enough light, your eyes take pictures of what you`re looking at. They send
these pictures to your brain, and your brain tells you what you`re seeing. Let`s
find out why some of your pictures are blurry."
Dr. Walker shined a little flashlight in Oliver`s right eye, then his left eye.
"Looks clear!" he said. Next he asked Oliver to cover his right eye and look at
a chart on the wall.
Oliver liked the chart. It had rows of little pictures-an apple; a house; a circle,
and a square-and when Dr. Walker pointed, Oliver told him the littlest row he could
see. Then he covered his left eye and did it all again.
"Very good!" Dr. Walker said. Next he gave Oliver a pair of funny sunglasses
to wear and a book of animal pictures to look at. "Can you tell me if any of the
animals look closer than the others-like they`re floating?" he asked.
"The dog." said Oliver. He turned the page. "The cow. The horse."
"Excellent," said Dr. Walker. "Now I know a lot about your eyes. I know they
look healthy from the outside. I know how far away you can see things clearly. And
I know how well your eyes tell you which things are nearer and which are farther
away. Now I`d like to put some drops in your eyes to help me look inside them even
better. Is that all right?"
Oliver hesitated. "Will it hurt?"
Dr. Walker shook his head. "It might sting just a tiny, tiny bit, but only for
a second." He handed Oliver a tissue and then quickly put a drop in each eye.
"Now we have to wait until the drops make your eyes relax," Dr. Walker said.
"Here-I want to show you something." He opened a cupboard and took out a huge plastic
eyeball.
"Gross!" said Oliver. "Can I hold it?"
"Sure." Dr. Walker handed the eyeball to Oliver. "The colored part of your eye
is the iris. And the little black dot in the middle is the pupil. The pupil is really
just a hole, to let light into your eye. The iris is the muscle that opens and closes
the pupil. When it`s dark out, the iris opens the pupil to let in more light. When
it`s bright out, the iris closes up the pupil to protect your eye from too much
light."
"That`s cool," said Oliver.
Dr. Walker nodded. "This clear thing is the cornea. It covers your pupil. It
works with the lens to focus the light coming into your eye. The light makes a picture
of what you`re looking at on the back wall of your eye. That`s where the retina
is. When the retina sends a message to your brain, your brain tells you what you`re
seeing."
After a few minutes, Dr. Walker put away the eyeball. "And now-the drops have
made your pupils open wide, so I can look inside your eyes to make sure they`re
healthy. I can also measure what kind of glasses you`ll need." He shined a light
into Oliver`s eyes and looked carefully. He made notes on his pad of paper. And
then, just like that, the appointment was over.
"We`re all done," Dr. Walker said cheerfully. "You`re a little nearsighted, Oliver.
You can see nearby things just fine. But faraway things look blurry. Glasses will
help the lenses in your eyes focus better. With the right glasses, you`ll be perfect!"
Dr. Walker gave Oliver sunglasses to wear until the drops wore off. He gave Mom
a prescription for Oliver`s new glasses. He gave them both a reminder to come back
in a year.
And then Mom and Oliver went next-door to pick out the coolest pair of red frames
they could find. Perfect!
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