We took Sean to his three-year well visit on Monday night. At first, Sean was a little shy, but once the doctor showed Sean some cool tricks with his instruments, he warmed up quickly. The doctor said Sean is meeting his milestones and even noticed that Sean "likes to be in charge." No kidding!
Here are his stats at three years:
Height: 38 inches (60th percentile)
Weight: 35lbs 4 oz (81st percentile)
Head: 20 inches
The nurse tried to take his blood pressure, but he got very fidgety due to the "squeezy" feeling and we couldn't get a good read, which was fine. Then we got the good news that there would be no s-h-o-t-s on this visit - yay!
The doctor asked how Sean's kidney treatment was going, and funnily enough, we were scheduled to take Sean for an ultrasound of his kidneys Tuesday morning! I took Sean to the brand new hospital (which opened about 2 weeks after Clare was born) to get a look at his kidneys.
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| "We're at the hospital! Just like George!!!!" |
We were very patient in the waiting room - the nurses put on some cartoons for Sean, but he got tired of them after awhile and we read books and he told me all about this gigantic painting of a farm - "they have chickens and a rooster and two cows and two pigs in that barn and all the animals are ready for snack time because they like to eat their snack..." I started to think that someone else was ready for his snack when our turn was called.
Sean sat nicely on the bed, munching on his snack of Cheerios and blueberries while the ultrasound tech tried to get good images of his kidneys and bladder.
After a few minutes, Sean started to get a bit fussy but the ultrasound tech let him put on a glove and help her out while we got pictures of his belly.
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| "Can you see my Cheerios? Can you see Nemo in there? I didn't eat Nemo but sometimes he's in my belly. But sometimes he goes to Sydney Harbor..." |
After the tech got the images she needed, she went to another room to burn a CD for us. Meanwhile, I tried to answer all of Sean's questions about the hosptial and the room we were in ("why is there a curtain here?") - he's so curious! Then we got our CD and we'll take it to the pediatric urologist next Tuesday to have the doctor look at it. Fingers crossed for a good visit!
