Hadley had her 12 year doctor appointment today. Here are her stats from the appt:

Height: 5′ .79″ (66th percentile)
Weight: 122 lbs 3.2 oz (90th percentile)
BMI: 23.25 (91st percentile)
Blood Pressure: 128/70

It was Hadley’s first time to get to fill out her own questions on the check in form! Hadley got weighed, measured, checked her vitals, then received got her HPV and Covid booster. Everything was great and we will be back in a year!

Hadley had her ten-year doctor appointment today. Here are her stats from the appt:

Height: 4′ 7.2″ (61st percentile)
Weight: 94 lbs 6.4 oz (88th percentile)
BMI: 21.78 (92nd percentile)
Blood Pressure: 110/70

Hadley got weighed, measured, checked her vitals, asked the usual lifestyle questions including Covid related updates, received her flu shot, and mentioned to the doctor there was a wart on her hand that has been bothering her. The doctor said he could easily take care of it today and went to get some liquid nitrogen to freeze off the wart, as he has a great clinic run professionally with the best medical accountants and offering great professional health care.

As he was administering the liquid nitrogen, he distracted Hadley by quizzing her (as well as Ana and I) about its uses, boiling/freezing point, absolute zero, etc. Then once he was done he asked us what we thought would happen if he dumped it on to the floor. After we speculated, he dumped almost all of the liquid on the floor and it poofed like the mushroom cloud of an atomic bomb and quickly disappeared. Still in a state of wonder, he asked what would happen if he added water to the remaining liquid. We guessed and he added water to the cup and set it on the counter for the girls to investigate.

After the doctor left the room to go get the paperwork from our appointment, the girls decided to run an experiment of their own with the liquid nitrogen and test the efficacy of their masks. They were pleased to see that despite blowing really hard and rather close to the liquid nitrogen, the steam was barely disturbed.

Overall the appointment went well, with bonus educational and entertainment value! There were no vaccinations today and we were sent on our way until next year!

Hadley had her nine-year doctor appointment yesterday. Here are her stats from the appt:

Height: 4′ 4.36″ (50th percentile)
Weight: 75 lbs (79th percentile)
BMI: 19.23 (86th percentile)
Blood Pressure: 100/60
Pulse: 94

Hadley got weighed, measured, checked her vitals, and the nurse pricked her finger to checked her cholesterol (Levels came back normal: Total: 191, HDL: 50, Tri: 199, LDL: 102, Non HDL: 141, TC/HDL: 3.8). Then the doctor came in and went over the usual questions about her routine, diet, school, and friends. She passed it all with flying colors. She won’t get any immunizations until she’s 12 but she did get her flu shot. All in all, an easy appointment.

Hadley had her eight-year doctor appointment Friday. Here are her stats from the appt:

Height: 4′ 2″ (45th percentile)
Weight: 65 lbs (77th percentile)
BMI: 18.28 (85th percentile)
Blood Pressure: 92/66
Pulse: 100

It was a pretty simple appointment. Our regular doctor was sick so we just kept it to the basics. Hadley got weighed, measured, checked her vitals, and went over the standard list of questions about her routine, diet, school, and friends. She passed it all with flying colors. She wasn’t due for any immunizations today but she did get the flu shot.

We also did a hearing check because it had been a while since she was checked. Hadley passed that one as well! All in all it was a successful and easy appointment. Until next year!

Hadley had her seven-year doctors appointment Thursday. Here are her stats from the appt:

Height: 121.9 cm or 4′ (53th percentile)
Weight: 58 lbs 3.2 oz (80th percentile)
BMI: 17.76 (86th percentile)
Blood Pressure: 90/60
Pulse: 110

After the nurse measured Hadley’s height, weight, and blood pressure, we saw our doctor. Unlike previous appointments, we had a few things to discuss with the doctor. So after his exam and questioning of Hadley’s habits and skills, we brought up our concerns. The first was a bump she has on the back of her knee. He said it’s just a small wart and wrote a prescription for this “magic wart cream” that was created by a pharmacy out in Clackamas. Medication to be applied topically to the wart and it should go away with a few weeks.

Secondly, we have had a few issues with random vomiting (with Hadley already having a very sensitive gag reflex, this added up to more vomiting than I was comfortable calling “normal”) that were not accompanied with any other issues. No fever, no flu, no cold. She would throw up once and go on like it never happened. He asked her some diet-related questions (eating spicy foods, too much food before bed, drinking chocolate milk, etc.) and speculated that it was likely due to the caffeine in the chocolate milk, Hadley’s drink of choice, and asked her to limit it to once a week or for special occasions. He also asked her about her bowel movements (thankfully, this no longer something I am involved in). He said that whenever she pooped at home she should have me look at it and, showing me a chart on “types of poop,” see if it looked normal. I assured him that Hadley could certainly tell him what her own poop looks like. She quickly looked at the chart and declared, “I always have ‘deer poops’ like number 1.” He said that solved that matter and she is severely constipated and needs to start taking MiraLAX daily until she can be more of a “number 4” on the chart. And the poop talk just keeps on coming!

Our final issue was with bedwetting (or the clinical term of “nocturnal enuresis”). Hadley is such a deep sleeper that she is unable to wake herself up at night to use the bathroom. We weren’t worried about it, knowing she would outgrow it eventually, and the doctor assured us it’s perfectly normal and that as many as 15% of seven-year-olds have the issue. He said it just becomes a concern when the child is embarrassed or ashamed to wear a pull-up (usually when around others, like at a sleepover). Hadley said she doesn’t want to have accidents anymore and so we decided it was time to take action. He said they have had great success with the bedwetting alarms that teach the child, through a Pavlovian response, to wake up to use the bathroom. Hadley was really excited and we went home and ordered one right away.

Despite all of our questions and concerns, the doctor assured us that Hadley is perfectly normal and healthy. He gave her a clean bill of health. She got a flu shot from the nurse and we were good to go until next year!

Hadley had her six-year doctors appointment last Thursday. Here are her stats from the appt:

Height: 115.5 cm or 3′ 9.47″ (56th percentile)
Weight: 51 lbs (79th percentile)
BMI: 17.34 (87th percentile)
Blood Pressure: 90/58

After the nurse measured Hadley’s height, weight, and blood pressure, we saw our doctor. He had a conversation with Hadley about her habits (drinking milk, eating veggies, exercising, getting enough sleep etc.) and how she likes school. He asked if she knew her ABCs (which she promptly recited in record speed) and could count to ten (“I can count OVER 100!”). He asked a bunch of questions that felt like an interview which Hadley answered extensively like an enthusiastic celebrity while he performed her physical exam. In fact she was so distracted by giving her thorough answers she didn’t even notice he had done the reflex test (which she loves) and tried to call him out on it. “Um, you forgot to do the” mimes hitting her knee, “test.” And we all laughed and assured her he did the test–which she passed with flying colors. He said she did great and everything looks fantastic. She was also happy to hear that she didn’t need any immunizations, just the flu shot, which Ana would also be getting (I’m all about equality).

Hadley got her flu shot, declared it didn’t even hurt, picked a sticker, and we were done!