We were riding home this afternoon on the bus.

[conuly]

The bus was driving somewhat towards the sun, and Ana was sitting on my lap facing the windshield, in the front passenger seat.

She turned to look out the side window (the view was comparatively shady) across from us, then she looked out the windshield again...

Ana: Connie, I'm looking out THIS window instead of THAT one.
Me: Yes - this window is called the windshield.
Ana: Yeah, and this window is like there's holes that I see.
Me: (you can hear the dinging in my head here) Holes?
Ana: Yeah, and they move...?
Me: Yeah, I think I know what you mean. Do you see them often?
Ana: When it's like bright. And it's not up there *points* where it's blue.
Me: Yeah, I think I know what that's called. Does it make it hard to see? (I recognize that this is a leading question, but I didn't know how else to say it!)
Ana: Sometimes. What's it called?
Me: Well, I get something like that, and I'm pretty sure it's scotopic sensitivity, but it might not be a problem, it's not really for me. I'll tell your parents.

Of course, I forgot to tell her dad when I saw him, I was more interested in informing him that she appears to have another urinary infection. (Or possibly a cut on her vagina, but in a public bathroom I had no intention of doing this sort of inspection.) I'll tell 'em later.

And of course it might not be that, and even if it is it might not be serious at all. I already knew she likes to wear glasses and hats on bright days (she says she gets headaches, but other days she's also inclined to forget her eye protection and not admit to having any ill effects, so I don't know for sure. I tend to believe her, her mother and my mother are prone to the most horrible migraines).

I remember my father talking about this with somebody when I was a child. At least, I think he was - all I remember was him saying that for some people, it's a lot easier to read when you put a colored sheet over the paper, and that it's a visual thing, not just a trick. But he didn't mean me, anyway.

Comments

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

That's my night vision. Doesn't everyone see like that at times?

[conuly]

In the past, I described it to a few people, and they said they had no idea what I was talking about. So I tend to assume no, not everybody sees like that at times.

But it's still not necessarily a problem unless it's causing trouble, of course. To be honest, I don't think it is or I would have remembered to tell her dad, but it's still something to be aware of.

[griffen.livejournal.com]

I don't have that. I have floaters. Lots of them. Looking at things is sometimes like looking through a very fine veil of spiderwebs.

[conuly]

Gee. Fun, right?

[griffen.livejournal.com]

Oh, loads and loads. *sigh*

[cmarie14.livejournal.com]

I had a student with that - the same thing happened between him and his classroom teacher - he said the words were jumping around on the page. Something clicked in the teacher's head, and she went and got some blue transparency slides, put them over his paper, and asked him if he could read it - if it was better. He was amazed, and suddenly, almost overnight, he went from a lower performing student, barely passing each grade and only by supreme effort, to excelling in his classes!

[conuly]

That's great. SO great.

[erinlin.livejournal.com]

Wow, me and my brother have that.

[failstoexist.livejournal.com]

could it just be the little dots that you get in your vision after looking at a bright spot? That probably happens to everyone, but might not make it super-hard to see. But it would definitely make noticeable spots after looking in a bright place. I guess it would depend on how other things affect her vision.

[conuly]

I don't know! If I could see through her eyes, I would.

I wouldn't describe those as holes, though I *would* describe the vortex-y effect I see with bright things as holes of a sort. They don't hang around like bright spots do.

[failstoexist.livejournal.com]

haha! well yes, I imagine that would make it easier.

they were the first thing that jumped to mind when I read it (holes meaning "places where I can't see" and especially if they're black, they could look like holes) but it's just another idea. :D

[conuly]

Next time it comes up, I'll ask her to describe them or draw them. But I don't want to bring it up, make a big deal out of something that doesn't seem to be that big a deal to her.

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

That's my night vision. Doesn't everyone see like that at times?

[conuly]

In the past, I described it to a few people, and they said they had no idea what I was talking about. So I tend to assume no, not everybody sees like that at times.

But it's still not necessarily a problem unless it's causing trouble, of course. To be honest, I don't think it is or I would have remembered to tell her dad, but it's still something to be aware of.

[griffen.livejournal.com]

I don't have that. I have floaters. Lots of them. Looking at things is sometimes like looking through a very fine veil of spiderwebs.

[conuly]

Gee. Fun, right?

[griffen.livejournal.com]

Oh, loads and loads. *sigh*

[(Anonymous)]

I had a student with that - the same thing happened between him and his classroom teacher - he said the words were jumping around on the page. Something clicked in the teacher's head, and she went and got some blue transparency slides, put them over his paper, and asked him if he could read it - if it was better. He was amazed, and suddenly, almost overnight, he went from a lower performing student, barely passing each grade and only by supreme effort, to excelling in his classes!

[conuly]

That's great. SO great.

[erinlin.livejournal.com]

Wow, me and my brother have that.

[failstoexist.livejournal.com]

could it just be the little dots that you get in your vision after looking at a bright spot? That probably happens to everyone, but might not make it super-hard to see. But it would definitely make noticeable spots after looking in a bright place. I guess it would depend on how other things affect her vision.

[conuly]

I don't know! If I could see through her eyes, I would.

I wouldn't describe those as holes, though I *would* describe the vortex-y effect I see with bright things as holes of a sort. They don't hang around like bright spots do.

[failstoexist.livejournal.com]

haha! well yes, I imagine that would make it easier.

they were the first thing that jumped to mind when I read it (holes meaning "places where I can't see" and especially if they're black, they could look like holes) but it's just another idea. :D

[conuly]

Next time it comes up, I'll ask her to describe them or draw them. But I don't want to bring it up, make a big deal out of something that doesn't seem to be that big a deal to her.