Wow, can’t believe there are many appts for one little guy. Few weeks ago, he had an appt at UCSF. Today, my husband took him to his first dental checkup in the morning. I didn’t go since I had to work. But I did go to his cardiologist appt in Fairfield in the afternoon. My son will have a 2nd dental appt for clean up.
At the cardiologist office, they took his height and weight. Then the receptionist took us into another room where she turned on a TV and played Cars 2. Out of all children’s movies, they showed a Pixar movie at the office. Just weird how we always see things that remind us of Pixar. On the plane coming back from a trip, they showed a Pixar movie. At Best Buy, they show a Pixar movie. When we were in London, my husband saw one of his Pixar coworkers. When we were at Napa Rose in Disneyland for my bday at the chef’s counter, John Lasseter was having dinner there. On Highway 80, I see Pixar license plate covers. On the cruise ship we were on few years ago, two little girls were playing with Woody, Jesse and Buzz. Even people I follow in Twitter, they talk about their nephew wanting Cars toys as gifts. Pixar is like everywhere.
At the cardiologist office, the doctor used his stethoscope to listen to Nathan’s heart. He had Nathan sit up, lay down and stand up to see how his heart beats. Afterwards, he had Nathan lay down and placed some type of electrodes near his chest. He put some ultrasound gel on his stomach, chest and neck and used a machine with a monitor to see the heart. The machine was very small like laptop but with more fancy switches, buttons, etc. The image on the monitor was actually very clear. I found it fascinating seeing my son’s heart beat.
While the doctor was busy with the examination, Nathan was very good about not throwing a tantrum. Nathan was too busy watching Cars 2 on the TV screen. From time to time, he would turn and look at what the doctor is doing. But he didn’t make a fuss.
After a while, I was getting anxious because the doctor wasn’t saying anything while he was doing the examination. I wanted to ask him how things are looking so far but I just allowed the doctor finish his work. The only noises we heard inside the room were Cars 2 movie and Nathan’s heart beat. During the examination, my son had to let out two farts! It was so embarrassing.
After the doctor had time to listen to and examine Nathan’s heart, the doctor finally told us that our son’s heart is good and healthy.
Interesting poster in the doctor’s office
Nathan watching Cars 2
Also today, we had a meeting with the educational therapist Mary. Mary brought another woman with her named Debbie who will be working with our son in the coming weeks. Not sure what Debbie’s plan is for our son yet. I guess we’ll find out. Our son’s appt with Debbie will be a home visit. Then our son will resume his speech therapy with Cathy in Napa. But Cathy will be retiring and we will be assigned to another speech therapist.
For a little guy, my son has a lot of appts.
Also today, we went to the court house in Napa to ask about some paperwork. We are doing a post-placement adoption. Since we only finalized adoption in China, we need to do one in USA. Also in future, if we need to show proof of adoption, we can show adoption paperwork from USA. Right now, we only have adoption paperwork from China. Once we have all paperwork ready, we will have to go to Court and meet with a judge.
Nathan was given sunglasses after his dental appt. Just funny how he was trying to put it onto Smeagol