15 month check up

Yesterday Carter had his 15 month well child check - it was a long appointment.

Carter weighs 19 pounds 12 ounces (I think this is the third time he has weighed this exact same weight)
Carter is 28 inches tall (Translation - he is going to be short!)

We got the results from the sleep study which shows that he has severe obstructive sleep apnea. The doctor says the tonsils and adenoids have to come out. We have made an appointment with the Ear Nose Throat doctor for July 22. Translation - this could explain why he falls asleep so fast and so often - he just isn't getting a good nights rest with that many episodes of apnea. The sleep study also showed that if he is not on oxygen he desats 66 times per hour - that is a lot. Needless to say we will not be saying good-bye to the oxygen anytime soon.

We also had the doctor check for fluid in his ear so we can follow up with another hearing test. After scoping out his ear he could see fluid in the ear on Carter's right side - but still could not see far enough in to check his left side. We have another hearing test scheduled for next week and if he doesn't pass again we will have the Ear Nose Throat doctor take a look.

We think Carter has a hemorrhoid so I asked that doctor what we could do to help him and he gave me a list of general surgeons - WHAT???? Ok not what I was expecting - not at all - don't they just go away??? We have made an appointment for Monday to have a surgeon look at him. If he does need surgery we are going to try our hardest to piggy back this surgery with the tonsils so he only has to be put under anesthesia once. Seriously - what else can we put this poor kid through.

Other than those minor (major) things Carter is doing well. He has started to army crawl - Translation - nothing is safe.......

Anyone want to play a game of UNO spin? This game was a safe enough distance away from him - but evidently he is getting pretty good at the army crawl. Doesn't he look pleased?

We have a family tradition to go camping over the 4th of July so we headed up to the Spruces campground for 5 days. It was a lot of fun. Carter did so well sleeping - unfortunately because of the higher elevation if the oxygen cannula came out of his nose his monitor went off. Translation - Mom and Dad did not sleep much. But each morning this is what we look forward to....
One very happy boy who is loving the camping thing!! Parker and Ashleigh thought it was fun to be camping all together as a family - last year we took turns bringing Carter home at night because we couldn't risk him getting sick.

We hope all of you had a happy 4th of July as well.