Appointments, Appointments and More Appointments.

this was in the first few days of drinking the Reliv drink, we had to hold her nose. She now does it by herself!

one of the nights, Avery was up having trouble sleeping but finally crashed on the couch

Ethan and his spiderman tattoo and new toothbrush and toothpaste

This last week or so has been full of lot's of appointments for the kids. Ethan had his follow up hearing test at the audiologist which he passed with flying colors this time around! He had his 3 yr checkup (no shots, YAY) and then he had his first dental appointment yesterday. I didn't think i would be hearing the words "He was the most cooperative 3 yr old i've done" yesterday but he was so excited for his turn to go back (all by himself mind you) and just did awesome. They cleaned his teeth and he got a new toothbrush and toothpaste and spiderman tattoo so what can make a 3 yr olds day better than that!?

Trey had his yearly physical and they wanted to give him 5 shots, i was in shock but then remembered that he had had all of those shots at a different dr and they just didn't have record of them, so he didn't end up getting any much to Trey's relief! He had his dental cleaning and checkup yesterday with no cavities but a couple "watches" teeth that may easily turn into a cavity. We have to step up the quality of brushing i suppose.

Raegan had a follow up with her dermatologist and got a great report. Her skin is doing great, still has several patches and can't be outside long without breaking out some but overall great! She saw her allergist for a follow up as well last week and had a good report there too. She drinks rice milk now which she seems to handle much better than the soy. We keep her away from milk product but occasionally treat her to a bite of something and she acts like she is in heaven (ice cream). Raegan went to the dentist but didn't get her pearlie white checked, she is getting 4 teeth at once on the top. The front two and her two eye teeth. Fun fun...

And then there is Avery. She had a staph infection several weeks ago on her legs and her eczema was out of control and nothing was working to calm it down so they put her on antibiotic and on prednisone for the infection. The warning on the side effects "pssible mood changes" yea that's an understatement!! She had some major mood swings and i thought the poor girl had gone off the deep end until now i see that she is a completely different girl since being off the meds for a week! The warning on the bottle should be "your daughter is going to have meltdowns 3 times a day at least, not be able to sleep and you mommy are going to just about lose your mind". Hopefully we don't have to take prednisone anytime again soon! Her infection cleared up nicely, still battling the eczema but somewhat under control. She is having no trouble with asthma though so that is awesome! As for the allergy shots...we get to switch to bi-weekly shots after the first good hard freeze of the year so until then we will continue with weekly.
She also had her dental cleaning and checkup and had a couple of "watches" as well but no cavities. She had a looses tooth when going in and the dentist pulled it while she was in there so she came out with one less tooth. I also saw that they are billing our insurance for a tooth extraction $147. You can bet i will be fighting that one if the ins. doesn't pay and we get billed for it!!

My wonderful parents got Avery and Raegan some Reliv powder that you mix in a drink, that is supposed to do wonders with allergies, asthma and eczema. We have just recently started it. Raegan does great, i put it in her bottle and she drinks it down. It hasn't been so easy on the other hand for Avery...she despises the taste but is getting SO much better about drinking it without too much drama. We are holding out hope that this may help both the girls!

I think i am now done with all appointments until at least December when we do allergy and dermatology follow ups again. Gonna take a breather for awhile!