Dr visit and polio vaccination today

Well today was Ben's polio shot. I wanted to make sure he was ok to get it with how sick he has been. So, Joe had them do a sick visit as well. Well, first of all, he is 19 lbs 10 oz. He gained 4 oz since last Thursday. Woohoo! I was afraid with all of the diarrhea we were going to be looking at another loss. They did the sick visit too. I asked Joe to mention how Ben is up alllllll night long coughing and sounding very mucousy. He is barely getting any sleep. I being him in steamy rooms a couple of times a day. I also tried putting him in a car seat to sleep, but he screamed and tried to lunge out. So, that wasn't working. I also asked him to mention Ben throwing up a couple of times due to the mucous in the back of his throat and the wet sounding cough. Well, they said it was a really bad cold, but prescribed antibiotics because it looked like it was going to turn in to a sinus infection. The good news is, his lungs and ears are both clear. He is now on amoxicillan. I asked why his bactrim wouldn't help against the infection, but apparently it just doesn't.

Ben also got his polio shot today and as long as he is ok, he will get his flu shot booster in 2 weeks, along with the girls getting their flu shots and Klara having her 4 year check up. Abby and Klara have already told me, "I am going to scream and run away from the nurse." Oh joy! I am so looking forward to that visit :/ At least Joe will be with for that one as well. If there's any running away, he can catch whichever girl it is, lol!

I also had Abby's kindergarten conference today. I just have to brag on her for a minute here. Her teacher always starts off our meetings with, "well, what can I say about Abby? She is just a true joy! I love how interested she is in everything." I was so proud hearing how well Abby is doing in everything in her class. Her teacher said, "she is a true Montessori student. She is so caring, such a leader and always interested in learning the why's of everything as well as how things work. She is very respectful and never interrupts others (say what?!? My Abby? :D ) Now, just as a reminder, Abby just turned 5 and is in kindergarten. She is learning how to add 4 digit numbers using the golden rods, she is also learning to exchange numbers, which is the start of learning how to carry over when you add 2 digits and 2 digits. As well as when you subtract. Her teacher also told me, "She is such a great reader that I can;t just give her the phonics books from here. I have to go to the elementary classroom and grab books from there for her to read." Overall, it was just such a great conference. The only negative thing she had to say (and it wasn't all that negative) was "Sometimes when she and N and S are in the reading corner, they get a little silly and start tickling each other and i have to tell them 'Ok you guys, now it's just a tickle fight. Out of the reading corner so others can have quiet.'"

I am just SO pleased with how well she is doing. It does bring up a concern though, which I mentioned to her teacher. I don't know what to do with her next year. I really want her to stay at Montessori, but if we put her in public school, she is going to be so far ahead of other kids. I mean, she is learning stuff 3rd and 4th grade public school students learn! Her teacher even said, "I know, I feel bad for her future teacher because she is way ahead of the public schools. But, I never push her, these are all things she is wanting to learn about." We also need for Ben to be at Montessori. And, it wouldn't be fair to take Klara out of Montessori. Ben needs to be there because they know all about all of his issues and we have total confidence they would take great care of him, as well as they would make sure he is in a classroom where all children who are able, are vaccinated. And we know they would call us to come get him if anyone was to come down with any illness.

So, basically now, tomorrow we have labs for Ben to make sure he doesn't have a GI infection as well. We also have labs for his magnesium levels to see if he can come off of that as well as a kidney panel to see if we can lower or get rid of cytra. I don't think he has a GI infection, but you never know. So, now we're just hoping for him to get over this congestion and hoping the antibiotics take care of anything brewing as well as hoping to get to come off of magnesium.