Calvin update

My sweet 3 year old! We had Calvin's well-child check last week. He weighed in at 32.6 lb and right around 38" tall. He fell right in the 50th percentile in both areas! We had a couple of major issues to discuss with Dr. Mike. One of those was to talk about Calvin's issues with vomiting. He has this insane pattern of excessive sugar and little sleep leading to vomiting in the early evening. Now, when I say excessive sugar, I mean 2 cookies for example. We don't have a lot of non-normal sugar like cookies, cake, soda, etc. around here. So, for Calvin to even get fruit snacks is a special treat. The reaction to sugar, with some excessive thirst led us to a quick test for diabetes. Thank goodness it came out normal!!!!!!! I was kind of worried about taking one more medical concern on in my crazy life. He said that it may just be something he will outgrow, but we will continue to track when and how it happens, and keep up with it as he grows.

Another major issue we discussed was this lump that has developed and continues to grow near Calvin's right eye. I included several pictures above to show what I'm talking about. It used to come and go. Now is is there all the time. It seems to be growing larger. It was always stated that it should be removed "sometime" in the future. As Dr. Mike started looking at Calvin, he immediately noticed that the bump was larger. We aren't really concerned about it being "dangerous", just affecting his peripheral vision in the near future. So, he decided to send us on to change the "sometime in the future" to "let's get this done sooner than later" and not in a concerning way. He weighed back and forth sending us to Opthamology or a plastic surgeon. We agreed on plastics, as it is located on his face near his eye and will be a visible scar. This plays a little trickier with insurance, as they won't cover it unless you submit the proper "medically necessary" codes, but hopefully that will all work out. So, we could easily be back to Children's Mercy soon for yet another surgery for a Pankewich boy in our house. Pretty minor stuff, but as I've said before nothing is minor when it's happening to your baby. I will keep everyone updated as to what is happening and when. That means we are heading to Children's Mercy for a consult this week, our off week for PT and OT for Zach. I just thought we'd stay away from there this week :)

Calvin is healthy in all other areas and for that we are extraordinarily thankful. It is such a blessing that is often times overlooked when you have a healthy child. I know I've done it with both Emers and Calvin for years.