Dad reports:
Tommy’s optical appointment was for January 19, 2005. We got incredibly lucky and a cancellation put us on the schedule for today! (this is how karma works) Cathy goes to pick Tommy up from school and they “can’t find him.” (I too am personally anxious to hear the full story on that one)
Once found, Tommy gets in the car with Mom and immediately starts yelling at her. At the ophthalmologist a emergency patient, a dog bit a 2 year old through the eye lid and pierced the eye, puts Mom and Tommy on wait. Tommy gets antsy. When it comes time to put eye drops in his eyes for dialation Tommy resists and the staff has to hold him down. After the appointment he is all questions (”Why do you have to pay for parking?”) and nonstop chatter. Mom says, “It’s like he’s 5 years old again.”