5 year well check

Cameron went to his 5 year well check the day after his birthday.  He knew he was going to get shots so he could be ready for Kindergarten.  He was a little nervous, but was so proud of himself when he got the 3 shots and "didn't even make a noise or anything, not even one sound!"  He went around telling everyone that day and the next day.  

He was so embarrassed that he had to wear this gown...with only his underwear....he really didn't want to put it on was acting so shy about it.  I had to take him in the bathroom for a urine sample and Mackenzie came into the bathroom with us.  When we went back in the waiting room Mackenzie said, "I want to go pee in a cup."  She also wanted to wear a gown.  LOL

Everything went well on the check up.  Cameron is 43.3" tall (57 percentile) and he weighs 38 lbs (38 percentile).  He didn't do so well on the eye exam and so she referred him to an eye doctor for a more thorough eye exam.

 the next day, later in the afternoon, Cameron complained of some "bumps that itch" on his leg.  There were a few white bumps that looked like bites of some sort...I wasn't sure what they were.  Several hours later he was itching his tummy and when I lifted up his shirt this is what I saw.  So I took him right back to the pediatrician's office.   They said he was likely allergic to one of the shots, but since he had 4 different shots they couldn't determine what it was he was allergic to.  So we were told to give him Zyrtec and some anti itch cream.  The next day he woke up with his lips so swollen he couldn't talk very well, and his eye lids were red and swollen with hives.  He had hives all over his neck and face too.  So we figured a trip to Instacare Saturday morning was more important than his soccer game.  Luckily they just gave him a prescription for Prednisone and said it was still "surface" and wasn't affecting his breathing or bad enough for a shot/iv.  He wanted to go to his last soccer game, so he went and played great in between the itching :)

 A few days later we went to the eye doctor and found out Cameron has an eye problem called Amblyopia.  I guess the nerves in his right eye stopped developing and so his left eye took over and because it was dominating the right eye never strengthened and the vision deteriorated.  So he doesn't see very well out of his right eye.  He said that glasses should help correct the vision in the right eye and help it to 'catch up" to the left eye.   So we went the next day and picked out some glasses.  He will get them next week.

They had to dilate his eyes so he got to wear the cool sunglasses when we left so the sun wouldn't hurt his eyes.  Cameron did so well the doctor couldn't believe how well he sat and did what he asked.  He doesn't usually use the big eye machine for kids because he said kids don't usually sit still enough to look through it, and most kids don't understand when he asks if one is better than two or three better than two etc.  But he decided to try it on Cameron after he did all the other tests just to help determine the right prescription.  Cameron has always done so well at the doctor, dentist, and haircuts nobody can believe him :)  Poor kid, he was so excited to turn 5, but little did he know he had all this to look forward to!!  Good thing he has such a good attitude and can roll with the punches :)