No complaints

Today, I finally took Chase to the dr after noticing something on his chest a few weeks ago.  I already had a pretty good idea of what it was after I googled it and knew it shouldn't be too bad, but still thought the dr should see it. He agreed is pectus excavatum.  Basically, it's pigeon chest.  It looks like a long lump on his chest because the middle caves in a little.  Since we now know about it the dr just wanted a lung function test and xray as a baseline and he measured the dip.  Then, we can monitor it as he grows and know how much it changes.  It's only almost 1/2 inch deep now, so unless it suddenly gets to 1" or something we're good.  You couldn't even see it on the xray, so it has little chance of impacting his organs at this point.  Most kids that have it are born with it, so the dr felt bad saying he should have noticed at one of his annual appointments, but I assured him it was not there or noticeable in any way before now.  I had read that sometimes they randomly show up at adolescents when they start to really grow.  I think most of those are the milder cases, so I'm not too worried.  He said we could go to a chest specialists if we wanted to, but since he's not overly worried and I've read about it, I'm not overly worried either.  Still glad we know now, it's just better to keep an eye on it.

Came home after the dr and grocery shopping (and lunch just Chase and I) and Cole had already fed the younger 3 like I asked him and the kitchen was cleaned.  They quickly unloaded the groceries without me saying a word.  Cole, Kaelin and Chelsi had even folded the whites like I asked.  I just had to wash, dry and fold the darks and make supper.  I barbequed some chicken, in the rain since it kind of snuck up on me and baked it for another hour.  That and some baked potatoes and steamed broccoli.....yum!  Chase just played outside with his friend D all afternoon.  When it wasn't down pouring they were either target practicing with their bb guns or playing football.  D is a grade under Chase, but they're almost the same age since Chase is the baby in his class.  J's been in a good mood all day and ate well tonight.

It's just one of those evenings when nothing outstanding happened, but you're just so content with things just the way they are.  It is SO nice when the kids help out so much.