Kaden speech appointment

Hey all just wanted to give a quick update on Kaden. Today we went back up to Fresno for his speech appointment. It went well, I left feeling like a horrible mom, because well I am sensitive. She said speech wise Kaden is very delayed, lol knew that too. But I didn't know it was as bad as she said it was. She said developmentally he is at under a 1 year old with his speech. She gave us some great ideas and things to try to see if we can get him to communicate with us and also gave us some papers with sign on if so we could learn a bit and try to help him that way. She also is giving us yet ANOTHER referral for occupational therapy because she noticed while we where there that he was trying to get his clothes off an awful lot and she thought that might be due to him not liking touch. She is also sending her recommendations to the school district and they should contact us and tell us if he needs to go to a special preschool or if he will have someone come in a few times a week to our home to work with. I should get a copy of her report in a few weeks and will post anything I may have forgotten. Anyway I will post again tomorrow after we meet with more doctors, not sure exactly what they will be doing tomorrow, but I will keep you posted as much as possible.

One appointment down.....

On Thursday, Vernon, Kaden, and I traveled to Fresno. We got there early and had about a good hour wait for his appointment, not wanting to risk getting lost or be late for the appointment we were early for we decided to go in and wait. I was so nervous, How are they gonna test my babies hearing when he cant tell you, yes I hear that beep or even raise his hand for the side that the beep is going off on??? Well the answer is very simple, they put me and him in a sound proof room and had huge speakers they would do a sound in one side and when he looked over then a teddy bear hitting a drum and flashing lights would go off as positive reinforcement. He was so ready to be gone by the time we finally got seen that he would smile at the bears as they were doing their thing, and go back to fighting me, (not wanting to be held on my lap). So there is a lot of good news and a little not so good news. So good news HE CAN HEAR!!!!! The slightly not so good news is he has fluid in his left ear and that could be causing him not to hear the lower tones. SO they will file their report and send it to our doc, who will probably refer us to an ENT specialist. YAY another doctor appointment for the poor little guy. And we have to go back in 3 months to see if there is an improvement. If not then we will go from there. BUT HE CAN HEAR! SO that is the latest and greatest on Kader. His next appointment is on the 30th and that is with the speech specialist. On the first we will be seeing some behavior specialist. I will keep everyone as updated as possible. TTYL!

Whats new with us

So once again it has been a while since I last posted. I thought things would get easier with the older two back in school, but it hasn't. So anyway here is the latest and greatest with us. JD (7) is Loving second grade. He is doing so great and is not having break downs and not wanting to go to school or saying his sick, like he has done in the past. Danica (6) is also doing great in first grade she loves to get her work done and has even started signing my name on her homework papers if I dont get to it quick enough. LOL! My sweet 2 (almost 3 year old) Kaden is in the process of being tested for Autism. On Thursday we go to Fresno to the childrens hospital to have his hearing tested. Then the 30th we go back for a speech evaluation. On the first we go to a place called the regional center and meet with developmental specialist there. I have done a phone interview with the children side of Stanford University Hospital. They will also evaluate him but it takes 6-9 mos to get an appointment. But because he is so young they are going to try to get him in with in 3 months. When he is diagnosed we have to fill out paper work with the military, they have a program called Exceptional Family Member. And what it will mean is there is a special need with him so when they move us they have to make sure his needs can be met at the hospital that is for that base. Right now we are having to travel for his care. So when we get a diagnosis we will most likely have to move AGAIN, unless we want to stay and continue to travel for his care. We are taking it one step at a time right now.
Dalton(7mos)is growing up WAY to fast for me. He is now crawling and pulling himself up he loves to eat. He knows just where to sit and to crawl over to anyone's unwatched plate and help himself. Vernon and I are both doing good and really have nothing new going on. I guess that is it for now.