15 month appointment!

Zay had his 15 month appointment yesterday - yeah, 15 MONTHS! I can't even believe it!!

It was an interesting day. Didn't necessarily turn out the way I thought it would...

I was actually happy that we had a Dr. appointment, since Zay has been battling a cold/cough since Monday and also struggled a little bit the week before too. This past week it was enough to keep him up at night, so I was ready to see if we could do anything for him.

Well, come to find out our poor little guy has a double ear infection again. We had no idea! This exact same thing happened when we went to his 9 month appointment...none of the typical signs that he has an ear infection, but as soon as the doc takes a peek, both ears are all red! :(

Our doctor also took a listen to his lungs, which is what I thought was the main issue we were dealing with, since he was up at night coughing. Sure enough, he's got the wheezing and rattling in his lungs again too. Our doctor thinks that this is probably strictly his asthma triggered by the cold he has. However, we skipped the shots he was supposed to get at this appointment, because we have to make sure Zay doesn't spike a fever with the condition his lungs are in...we do not want to our little guy dealing with pneumonia too!

So...after all this, we have to head to the lab to get blood work done for Zay's thyroid. I was already dreading this, because the only place that has recently been able to find a vein on Zay is Iowa City. Not trying to belittle our clinic's lab, but when you have to watch your little one-year old get poked and prodded over and over you tend to get a little more defensive about who is putting a needle in him! Well, unfortunately my fears were realized. They dug around in BOTH of Zay's arms for 10 minutes...all the while Zay is sitting on my lap and screaming at the top of his lungs and tears are dripping off his face. Finally, one of the techs got it and the blood was flowing. Thanks goodness, because I was starting to tear up myself, not to mention the sweat that was starting to roll off my forehead!

After all this, we get loaded up and I call Target to make sure Zay's prescription will be ready to pick up when I get there. I KNEW I was going to be pushing it to take my tired little guy to the store, but I didn't have much of an option. As soon as I hang up the phone with the pharmacy, they call right back. "Sorry, we don't have that particular antibiotic in stock..." Of course they don't have it in stock! That'd just be too easy. Ok, I might have been a little impatient at this point. :) So, we figure out another pharmacy that has it, and I go there to pick it up.

Now the fun begins...Zay is to be on the antibiotic - 3 times a day and a oral steroid -2 times a day. I first tried to disguise the medicines in his milk/formula. He's not having it! So now, we have to hold him down and force him to take the medicines. I HATE doing this...and as you might imagine Zay HATES doing this.

Just when I think things are starting to settle down, we get a call from our doctor at about 5:45pm. Zay's thyroid results were back, the levels are off, our doctor had already talked to our specialist doctor in Iowa City and we are changing the dosage. Back to the pharmacy we go!

What a day! What a week! What a month! What a year! Sigh... on to another day.

Our poor little guy not feeling well this morning...

On to a happier note - Here are Zay's stats at his appointment. He's doing wonderfully growing right on track! Still topping the charts in every category!

Weight - 29 lbs 1 oz (fully clothed w/shoes...so probably a little less than this) (90-95th percentile)

Height - 32 1/4 inches (approx 80th percentile)

Head Circumference - 47 (90-95th percentile)