We had our first doctor's visit today... and it went very well! Chris was there for the beginning, but they were behind schedule, so he had to leave to head to a meeting. Our pediatrician adopted 4 children all at once from Russia, and he was sooo sensitive to our little man. Just having me hold him while he talked to me across the room about his history. Dr. M, was so respectful of distance giving him time to get used to him in the room. He set ds3 so at ease from the beginning in a non threatening way that when it came time for the exam, it was done without a tear. (Wisely Dr. M. left before the shot/bloodwork duo came in, so ds3 wouldn't associate him with the dreaded things!) lol!
Ds3 had to get 2 shots and a TB skin test, plus three vials of blood taken. Oh he cried so much, but he didn't squirm a whole lot like my other two did when they were young. I think I handled it pretty well too! My two older boys were 16 months apart, and sometimes had to get shots at the same time. Let me tell you this is a piece of cake compared to that! The guy who came into draw the blood was so happy to see a good vein. He and the nurse almost did a happy dance. (Well maybe not a happy dance, but they were pleased as punch, that's for sure.) It was a pretty darn easy stick and a quick withdrawal. Hopefully all the results will come back good and he won't have to get anymore shots. I am so proud of our little man.
The only thing we are going to go in for is an Xray of his chest for rickets. He has some rib cage malformation, and since we really don't have a medical history on him, we'll go in and have an xray to see what is going on. He looks good and not undernourished. The Dr is happy with what we are feeding him, and with the vitamin D and general vitamins he is getting daily. I mentioned his hair and nails are growing, so that is also a good thing.
The two main areas of my concern were height/weight and speech. Very surprisingly, (and I seriously mean VERY).... he is at 5th percentile for both height and weight. We weighed and measured this kid at home and he barely snuck on the chart in weight. I am shocked he is on in height. I kind of wonder if the nurse measured him correctly at height (lying down).... but I guess they stretch their legs out and then get the head. She marked the sheet with a pen... so I guess she got it. I'm happy he's actually on the charts. Just barely...but on!
Speech-wise, the Dr. was happy that he was babbling and he said a few words in the room... like More (and signed it). He said with the limited interaction in the orphanage he isn't surprised that he isn't talking. But he liked the babble and singing and use of consonants. Plus that we are all home with him all the time interacting with him. Someone is always talking to this little guy. So, he's going to give it 6 months and see how he is doing then. (Both speech-wise and overall). We have a week to wait for the rest of the blood work and titers, and if it looks good then we'll see him in 6 months. (Depending on the xray).
Overall it was such a good visit. So to say I'm happy about it would be correct. Now I know I need to get some new photos on here.. and I need to get busy actually taking photos! I need room on my camera, the memory needs to be saved to a disk! Here are a few from the Doctor's office and the one right after. Cutie pie was all happy in the car, (I guess to be leaving!) He smiles like that a lot, but getting him to do that for the camera is next to impossible!
Ds3 had to get 2 shots and a TB skin test, plus three vials of blood taken. Oh he cried so much, but he didn't squirm a whole lot like my other two did when they were young. I think I handled it pretty well too! My two older boys were 16 months apart, and sometimes had to get shots at the same time. Let me tell you this is a piece of cake compared to that! The guy who came into draw the blood was so happy to see a good vein. He and the nurse almost did a happy dance. (Well maybe not a happy dance, but they were pleased as punch, that's for sure.) It was a pretty darn easy stick and a quick withdrawal. Hopefully all the results will come back good and he won't have to get anymore shots. I am so proud of our little man.
The only thing we are going to go in for is an Xray of his chest for rickets. He has some rib cage malformation, and since we really don't have a medical history on him, we'll go in and have an xray to see what is going on. He looks good and not undernourished. The Dr is happy with what we are feeding him, and with the vitamin D and general vitamins he is getting daily. I mentioned his hair and nails are growing, so that is also a good thing.
The two main areas of my concern were height/weight and speech. Very surprisingly, (and I seriously mean VERY).... he is at 5th percentile for both height and weight. We weighed and measured this kid at home and he barely snuck on the chart in weight. I am shocked he is on in height. I kind of wonder if the nurse measured him correctly at height (lying down).... but I guess they stretch their legs out and then get the head. She marked the sheet with a pen... so I guess she got it. I'm happy he's actually on the charts. Just barely...but on!
Speech-wise, the Dr. was happy that he was babbling and he said a few words in the room... like More (and signed it). He said with the limited interaction in the orphanage he isn't surprised that he isn't talking. But he liked the babble and singing and use of consonants. Plus that we are all home with him all the time interacting with him. Someone is always talking to this little guy. So, he's going to give it 6 months and see how he is doing then. (Both speech-wise and overall). We have a week to wait for the rest of the blood work and titers, and if it looks good then we'll see him in 6 months. (Depending on the xray).
Overall it was such a good visit. So to say I'm happy about it would be correct. Now I know I need to get some new photos on here.. and I need to get busy actually taking photos! I need room on my camera, the memory needs to be saved to a disk! Here are a few from the Doctor's office and the one right after. Cutie pie was all happy in the car, (I guess to be leaving!) He smiles like that a lot, but getting him to do that for the camera is next to impossible!
3 comments:
Oh Jackie! You have been blessed immensely! I am so proud for you and I can't wait to meet your newest addition..
I am so glad the doctor's visit went well!
I love seeing his smile!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your blog makes me so happy and inspired.
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