G's Eyes (and his amazing teacher)

Over the summer G's reading fell off.  Odd for him, but I thought it was a summer break, her was tired of reading, couldn't find anything to strike his interest.  I gave him a stern talking to after he took his test to check his grade level reading test for AR (Accelerated Reading): he had dropped a whole grade level !  I lectured on how he had to get back to reading and actually finishing books and had to stop being lazy about his work.  At his conference at the beginning of October his teacher asked me when he last had his eyes checked; she pointed out 6 different things that would point towards G needing new glasses despite his new pair being prescribed six months ago.  His teacher also said that he was trying very hard, but was frustrated often got teary in class.  Well, give me a parenting gold star.  I finally get him scheduled and to an appointment at the end of the month (another gold star).  At the appointment the doctor first checked his prescription and it was fine.  Then he listened to the symptoms G's teacher reported as well as things we noticed at home.  He tried another test: with G holding a  letter on a page 'reading distance' from his eyes the doctor held lenses over his eyes and asked G to say each time the writing came into focus.  Normal eyes can refocus from reading to distance vision 11-15 times in one minute.  G did 8.  He has accomadative insufficiency meaning his eye size has grown but the strength of the muscles to focus at changing distances has not.  We are working on strengthening through reading more with a marker under the words to help him focus.   Gold star and a blue ribbon for my super parenting in blaming a legitimate problem on laziness.
I have already thanked G's teacher multiple times.  Let me tell you a bit about her.  She is an experienced teacher.  The kind that a lot of parents would write off  because they want their kid to have to have the bouncy, just out of college teacher ( not that the bouncy, just minted teachers are bad).  She is a benevolent dictator in her room.  What she says goes and does not waver and cannot be changed by whining parents or kids.  Her students adore her, because she does what she says, she holds them to a high standard, she expects the best out of everyone of them, but she also knows when to give an extra hug and is in tune to when something is off with one of "her kids".  She loves them and that is what makes her push them and they love her which is why they respond and give her their best.  They wouldn't dare turn in an item late or half done because they would disappoint her.  Her years of experience make her the great teacher she is.  The years of experience she has made her able to tell me 6 things about G in the classroom that indicated a sight problem without ever having written any of them down.   G's teacher has years of experience and keeps learning about new resources and technology which is why when I told her how we were working on it for  the next few months she immediately knew what G needed and took me to the library to pick up some "focus strips" that have a transparent colored window so G can keep his eyes focused in the right place.  His reading enthusiasm has gone up 3000%.
So that is your educational post of the day on how to be a gold star example of pitiful parenting,  how important experienced teachers are, and how eyes are important and sometimes eye problems are not just about prescription strength.
love and hugs and is it time to get your eyes checked? B