pediatrician

Ethan had his 6-year checkup at the pediatrician's office yesterday. Overall it went fairly well.

We went over the fact that he definitely needs to work on improving his social skills quite a bit more. He acts more like a grumpy antisocial teenager than a happy little 6-year-old! *sigh*

His weight was 42.5 pounds leaving him around the 35th percentile for weight. He was also around the 27th percentile for height. He grew 3 inches from last year. The chart showed his height sticking right about the same percentile as last year - just a little less. His weight dropped from 48th percentile down to the 35th. She wasn't overly concerned about it, but it still definitely concerns me! At least he is still growing, so that's a relief.

She listened to his lungs and they are once again terrible. Both lungs are completely junky and wet. His lower left lobe isn't moving any air again. It appears the pneumonia has returned. We started antibiotics last night to clear up any lung infection/pneumonia. She's also ordering the exact bronch results from last year when he had the positive H Flu. She thinks he might just be chronically getting that. When the results come back with the antibiotic that they used to clear it up, we'll switch over to that. It should take a few days to get the results most likely. Hopefully it's one of the meds that Ethan can take without gagging. He really hates liquid meds because the taste is just too much for him. This is especially true with antibiotics. His amoxicillin (that he's on now) is one of the only ones he can handle easily. Hopefully they'll let us just stick with this and it will clear up his lungs. We're still doing the vest therapy and inhaled breathing treatments to help clear things up.

Both kids got their flu shots at the doctor, and Ethan also had his immunizations. He was not happy about that! The poor boy's arms hurt him so bad he was up all throughout the night. He is so sensitive to shots in the arms - it's surprising because his pain tolerance is incredibly high! He says his arms hurt way worse than his eye even did! Hopefully they will loosen up throughout the day and start feeling better soon.

Both kids picked up their new glasses after the doctor appointment. They are very happy with them. :)

Ethan's are black with lime green inside.

Callie's are purple.

And...it appears Fiona got an eye injury as well! We're not sure what happened, but maybe the cat swiped her in the eye. She definitely has to learn that the cat does NOT appreciate when Fiona pounces on her! Poor thing, I just hope it heals up quickly and easily! Ew.

 

 

Moose was sad he was being left out of the photo sessions, so here he is. :)

He's much happier now.

We still have no news from cardiology about the upcoming cath. I'll have to let them know about his lungs. We're definitely trying to get him clear by October so his lungs are as healthy as possible for his surgeries!