We Love Dr. Joe

Today was the twins 6 month visit! I can't believe it either. So here's the skinny on how it went.
Zaden weighed in at 16lbs 4 1/2 oz and was 25 inches long. Zaric was 15 lbs 9 1/2 oz and was 24 1/2 inches long. The gap between the two seems to be closing and Zaric is catching up (thanks in part to Zaden losing weight with his sickness).
Zaric has an ear infection that surprised both of us since he hadn't really shown any signs of anything. So we will be filling that perscrip tomorrow morning and onto another 10 days of antibiotics. Other than that he's doing well and nearly sitting up on his own. We're working on that as much as we can.
Zaden's inflammatory markers from the Kawasaki's disease are going down which is good news. We will do more blood work in a week to 10 days and keep him on an aspirin regiment until then as well. I need to call and make his appt for his next EKG tomorrow as well since that will come up next month. Dr. Joe is concerned about the flat spot that's still on his head so he's sending us to a specialist that will determine if he needs a helmet or not to correct it. So I will be calling for that appt tomorrow as well.
Caleb enjoyed the visit as well even though it wasn't for him. Dr. Joe is so good with him. He took him out to the nurses desk with him and let him click the mouse for him while he looked up Zaden's blood work results. Then he let Caleb crawl up on the bed with Zaden and help him hold the ear flashlight and put the cover on it for him so he could look in Zaden's ears. However, we decided with the nurse since we were there and the twins were getting their flu shots along with 4 others that we should just get Caleb's flu shot done as well. So HOLY MELTDOWN BATMAN! That was the worst thing ever! I had to literally hold him down kicking and screaming and fight with him to pull his pants down far enough that she could get to his thigh.
Afterwards we took him to Artic Circle for a Square Pumpkin meal, which my cousin's wife reminded me I had never taken him for. After a little chicken, some fries and a mini ice cream all was forgiven and he even stopped his limping from the shot.
Overall I felt like it was a better visit than the last one and I was reminded why we love Dr. Joe so much. I hope our kids get to stay with him for a very long time.