Pierre had his 6-week appointment to vision therapy 2 hours away. It had been 6 months of daily eye exercises with the goal of helping his eyes track left to right, making his eyes less strained after reading, and teaching him to focus on the given plane. The doctor agreed that Pierre had met those 3 goals. Also, his last migraine had been 5 weeks earlier...much less frequent than before. So, she announced that he had "graduated." He was to continue wearing his bifocal glasses for reading but could stop the exercises. Well, within the two weeks since the appointment (and no vision therapy), Pierre has had 3 migraines! So, we decided we will go back to the short 15 minutes a day of eye exercises to avoid more migraines. It takes so little time for such a benefit for him.
Our "field trip" after the eye appointment in Fergus Falls, MN, was a trip to Fargo, ND, where none of the kids had been before. We hit Space Aliens for lunch, rode the Scheels ferris wheel, and then topped the day off with Cold Stone ice cream before heading home. You'd have thought we'd been to Disney World. They repeatedly told me how it was the best day of their summer so far! It really was fun to see them out of the ordinary and enjoying the new things around them. They get along so well...as different as they are from each other.
