Aiden had his 5 year check up today with Dr. Pediatrician. He did pretty well up until she wanted to look in his ears and mouth. He bit the tongue depressor in half trying to keep it away from that area. We went over what labs needed to be done and she ordered his c-spine xrays to check for atlantoaxial instability . Normally that would have been scheduled around Aiden's third birthday, but former Dr. Pediatrician and I had concerns as to how well the xrays would have been with Aiden being as small as he was. Now that Aiden is the size of a typical 3 year old, we did the xrays.
We also discussed the seasonal allergy battle. Benadryl has been Aiden's best friend this past week. But I can't keep dosing the child up with Benadryl 3 times a day for the rest of the fall/winter/spring. So, she called in a prescription for Flonase with a chaser of Claritan to our pharmacy.
After the appointment, I called Aiden's teacher and let her know that Aiden would not be in school the rest of the day due to the labs and radiology. I really didn't want to take him out of school 2 days, so we just did them all today. Once we found the imaging center (not the one we normally use for cardiology, though I do think that one would have been faster at check in....), we went to the radiology waiting room. Once Aiden's name was called, we went back to the xray room. Aiden did pretty well getting his xrays, he let them put him in whatever position they wanted. The first xray wasn't that clear, so another 2 were taken of the front view, then one of the side. We were then released to go to the "vampire". However, half way down the hall, the xray tech comes out and has us follow her back in. Just my luck, she wasn't experienced with doing AAIs. So, her supervisor and the actual radiologist comes down to get the xrays with the mouth open for a full view of his c-spine. By this time I was starving, so Chris went in with Aiden and got him to say "Ahhh" long enough for the xray.
Then we headed down to the lab for his blood draw. Dr. Pediatrician ordered a complete panel for thyroid, CBC, celiac and lead. Aiden did really well with the tourniquet. That is about as far as it went. The vampire had to call in back up to hold his legs and arm while I was holding the body still for the actual stick. And Aiden let EVERYONE know that he was not a happy camper with the blood curdling scream he emitted. The sad part is that the vampire had not even bit the child yet. He knew it was coming though. The poor old people in the waiting room probably thought we were killing the child.
We also discussed the seasonal allergy battle. Benadryl has been Aiden's best friend this past week. But I can't keep dosing the child up with Benadryl 3 times a day for the rest of the fall/winter/spring. So, she called in a prescription for Flonase with a chaser of Claritan to our pharmacy.
After the appointment, I called Aiden's teacher and let her know that Aiden would not be in school the rest of the day due to the labs and radiology. I really didn't want to take him out of school 2 days, so we just did them all today. Once we found the imaging center (not the one we normally use for cardiology, though I do think that one would have been faster at check in....), we went to the radiology waiting room. Once Aiden's name was called, we went back to the xray room. Aiden did pretty well getting his xrays, he let them put him in whatever position they wanted. The first xray wasn't that clear, so another 2 were taken of the front view, then one of the side. We were then released to go to the "vampire". However, half way down the hall, the xray tech comes out and has us follow her back in. Just my luck, she wasn't experienced with doing AAIs. So, her supervisor and the actual radiologist comes down to get the xrays with the mouth open for a full view of his c-spine. By this time I was starving, so Chris went in with Aiden and got him to say "Ahhh" long enough for the xray.
Then we headed down to the lab for his blood draw. Dr. Pediatrician ordered a complete panel for thyroid, CBC, celiac and lead. Aiden did really well with the tourniquet. That is about as far as it went. The vampire had to call in back up to hold his legs and arm while I was holding the body still for the actual stick. And Aiden let EVERYONE know that he was not a happy camper with the blood curdling scream he emitted. The sad part is that the vampire had not even bit the child yet. He knew it was coming though. The poor old people in the waiting room probably thought we were killing the child.