They had to sit in the waiting room for a few minutes. But just then a nurse came over to meet them. ''Hello there sweetie, you must be Agnes Gru!'' the nurse said cheerfully. She asked Gru and Lucy how old Agnes was, when her birthday was and if there was any medication that Agnes took. Gru said that apart from having asthma, Agnes didn't have any other medicinal needs at all.
First Agnes had a simple vision test which meant a doctor would examine her eyes using a very special microscope called a slip lamp similar to what you or I would have done at the local opticians. The doctor covered one of her eyes, then he did the same with the other eye.
''Ooh my eyes feel funny!'' Agnes said as she struggled and squirmed to read the letters and numbers in the smallest of sizes on the screen ''that's quite normal Agnes'' the doctor said gently ''It always does that to most of the patients I see here''.
Next Agnes had to have some eye drops in each of her eyes. As the liquid touched her eyeballs, she blinked and winced. Afterwards Agnes moaned as she was trying to look at one of her books. ''It's gone all blurry and fuzzy! I can't read any of the words in my book!''.
''That's the effect of the eye drops sweetie'' Lucy explained ''they'll wear off in a while''. '''Your mother's right Agnes'' Gru added with reassurance.
Then he added, ''Why don't you go and have fun in the play area?''. Gru pointed to a nearby room that was full of toys, games and books. Although her vision was still a bit blurry, Agnes agreed. But she was about to be surprised because in the play room, Agnes thought the girl who was also playing there looked a lot like… ''Katie?!'' Agnes gasped. ''Agnes!'' Katie exclaimed in both delight and surprise at the same time.