Somehow she knew

Emma had to make an emergency visit to the eye doctor on Monday afternoon after her EEG because she threw her glasses onto the asphalt while we were walking Sunday night.  And then someone ran over them with the stroller.  One lens in particular has a significant scratch across the front.  Missy, our favorite...person (I don't know what her title is), at the eye doctor told us the scratches won't hurt her vision until we come back for our previously scheduled follow-up in a few weeks.  If Emma needed a new prescription, we wouldn't have to pay for new lenses.  However, if she DIDN'T need a new prescription, we'd be dishing out at least $140 for new lenses.  We were able to get her appointment bumped up by a few weeks to this morning, and - joy! - she needs a new prescription.  We really appreciate that the doctor is sensitive to family finances - just in case Emma decides to toss the glasses again (and they are run over by a stroller again) in the next month to 6 weeks, there's no point in getting the new glasses.  She doesn't actually look out of the lens where the scratch is, and we can use them for another month or so because the necessary change isn't THAT drastic.  Then they'll become the spares.

I guess Emma was trying to tell us she needed a new prescription...somehow she knew.  The great news is that her eyes have gotten BETTER!  Adults rarely get new glasses because their eyes have improved.  On kids, improvement is more common, and it's definitely what you pray for.  I've never been to an eye doctor, so every appointment Emma has usually contains some sort of new information for me.