Ethan's 5 yr Checkup

Yesterday was Ethan's 5 yr checkup with his pediatrician, Dr. Sharma he has seen this pediatrician since he was born and could not have asked for another ped like him, hes great with him and hell continue to be McKenzie's pediatrician as well :) Anyway back to Ethan's appointment, we have been preparing him for it for the last 2 weeks because he had to get shots and even though I didn't want to scare him I didn't want him to be shocked either. The night before he woke up crying from a dream I don't know if this had anything to do with him knowing he had an appointment the next morning, but anyway he slept in our room in a comfy made bed on the floor the rest of the night. Once we got to the Dr's office I wore a mask because of all the flu outbreaks and since I cant take anything to help it I wanted to take precautions I also Clorox wiped our chairs we were sitting in before sitting. We went back into the triage area and Ethan got his ears tested, which were good, he is 44 1/4 inches tall and he weighs 39 lbs. He also did a vision test and passed as well. We wanted to be seen by Dr. Sharma, and once he came in he checked Ethan's heart rate and had him to a few jumping exercises to see his progression from last year(as before he couldn't jump with two feet off the ground at the same time, he can now) Last year we tried to get his shaking checked out(when he does fine motor skills with his right hand he tends to have tremors and sometimes with his left hand) but when we checked it out last year they wanted to sedate him to do the test and I refused, well its been a year and he still has the shakes so we got a referral to see the neurologist again and see him Jan 31st to start the process over again. Dr. Sharma said he is above average on his height and he is average on his weight so he looks skinnier than he actually is because hes so tall :) Next up was shot time :( we knew this wouldn't be any fun but we had to do it anyway.....He had to receive 3 pokes total which included 4 different kinds of shots, so when we started he started crying real bad and once we got to arm number two he was over it but he still finished and only cried for a few minutes after we were all done. We asked him if it hurt more than he expected and he said yes that it burned more than he thought :( After that we got a sticker for him and made an appointment for May 20th to get his TB shot done before school starts. Then we were headed over to the blood lab because little did we know he needed blood work to also check for anemia. So we quickly explained it was easier to do it the same day then wait to do it another day so off we went. He had to give a urine sample which he thought was weird at first but he did great and afterward said "Well that was kinda fun" lol but the next part wasn't fun at all. We had to have the help of 2 techs and I held his body while Shauna held his legs he screamed bloody murder, but once the needle was in and the rubber band was untied he calmed down. I was so very proud of all that he had been thru so we went to Target to pick out a couple hot wheels for his good behavior and cause mommy felt bad for him :-/ overall he did an awesome job!!!

Last night we went to take off his band aids and he said he was all healed, and after they were removed he started to get a rash on his arm where the shots were given he didn't have a fever and he was acting just fine thou but I still let him sleep in our room again last night in his comfy bed. This morning its still there and hot to the touch but he said it doesn't itch, I gave him a Claritin last night and Ill give him another tonight as well as I outlined it so I can watch to make sure its not growing or spreading. He did great and I love him bunches.