Kaya's 7 yr checkup

    Today has been a super busy day. Started the morning out with Kaya's 7 yr checkup. She is nearly 4 ft 4, weighs 87 lbs and got a complete clean bill of health. Our regular doctor was out of office so we saw a new to us one, and liked her! She commented that Kaya has muscles and you could tell she's an outdoor girl :) Kaya got good points on being an outside kid, less than 2 hrs a day of tv/ipad and for her habits. The dr was impressed she liked veggies and yogurt, fruit and milk. She also told us it was great Kaya is a water/milk drink with just an occasional pop or sweet tea. But we do have to lessen her milk consumption. The dr thinks that will help her want to eat meals at meal time better (Kaya was better during school but like her father and uncle..would rather pick around some days than just sit and eat a meal). Kaya could literally drain a cow if allowed LOL So we are going to switch to 1% to see if it helps out. Since she eats yogurt nearly daily the dr said she's doing well on calcium etc. Sooo other than feeling awkward in her paper gown..she did great LOL Hard to believe our girl is 7!!!!!
   We also had Steve's cleaning and dental check up today. After a set of xrays our dentist was amazed to find Steve has an abscess on an upper tooth. It's never gave him any pain or anything. With Steve having MS it creates an even more serious issue. Infection can increase MS symptoms etc. The dentist is going to review all the xrays, call Steve's neuro for questions and then after insurance estimates costs we'll take it from there. Infection is bad anytime but it worries me with Steve. Especially since he spiked a high fever for no reason this winter. It may have been linked.
   Also was thankful today for my Dad coming up and fixing our mower...payment was a bowl of homemade potato salad and a burger lol Steve had got most the pins out himself...but his hands just don't allow him to grasp like he use to. I couldn't do it all by myself. So Dad helped out. Very thankful for that. Plus Kaya enjoyed the day visiting with Pappaw :)