Carson's appintment

Carson had his 5 year check up yesterday. (His birthday was Sunday with a party on Saturday-I will post pictures soon). After last years experience, I scheduled the appointment so I could leave Macie at home. Jeff's mom was in for the weekend so she kept Macie.

Other than not having Macie with us, this year was no better than last year! He let them weigh him and check his height. Then they let him check his vision. But, he would not do the hearing because he was scared. Then they tried to check his blood pressure. He would not do it. He was scared to death. He said he would let the doctor, but it never got checked. I am sure it would have been sky high from all the screaming if they had gotten it. Luckily, it was checked when he had his tonsils out so we don't have to worry. He finally let them check his hearing, but it took some convincing. Then they did a finger prick with a lot more screaming. Finally, he had 2 shots. I had to hold him down. It was not fun. But, we are done with shots for a long time and ready for kindergarten.

Here are his stats:
Height 44 3/4 inches (83rd percentile)
Weight 38.4 pounds (32nd percentile)
BMI 13.4 less than 5 percentile

He has actaully gained a couple of pounds since he had his tonsils out in January. (Of course in the hospital he was wearing a gown and yesterday he had on clothes so that could account for some of the weight) Maybe next year he will be classified as healthy rather then underweight!

On Thursday, Project 20/20 came to the preschool to test the kids eyes. I had Carson's done because he has never been to the eye doctor. I should have just taken him to the eye doctor becasue they have referred us. He did fine on the eye chart, but they saw something off when they looked more cloesly. I don't know what they did, but we will be going to see the eye doctor soon and praying it goes better than the pediatrician!