Easter Seals

Well, I will start by saying that John and I agreed, we could have heard much worse today. I really feel okay about how things went (thanks for your prayers) and I only teared up a few times, but it was more just about being in the situation than about what they were actually saying. They started out by putting him on his tummy to see how high he would lift his head and the little stinker just rested his head on his hands and chewed on his fist. No amount of coaxing could get him to lift it. They did several tests and then gave me their recommendations. I'll start with speech - it was the best. She said he is scoring on age level for both expressive and receptive language and that she has no concerns for him. She noticed that he responds to sound, his name, and faces. She said he talks better than any baby she's seen and she wished she could record him and play it for parents to show them how a baby should be talking at that age. She doesn't need to see him back for 9 months. The physical and occupational therapists both said he qualifies for therapy and they recommend it. The majority of his problems, they think, comes from lack of head control. He is behind in visual motor aggression skills (tracking, etc.), he scored at a 1 month age eqivalency for stationary skills (head control) and 2 months for locomotion skills (kicking, moving arms, etc). They said they think we're in it for the long haul as far as therapy is concerned but they think he has really good potential to make good progress. Now John and I have to make the decision as to which therapists to use, Easter Seals or the one here in Cabot if they even have openings. It's a hard decision to make since we just want to do the very best thing for Max and we don't know who has better therapists.

I mentioned how his left side sometimes lays limp and they asked if he had had another EEG to rule out seizure activity. I don't know why I never thought of that. If it is a seizure, it doesn't look like your typical seizure. I'll have to call the doctor and see what they think of that.

We appreciate all of your prayers for this evaluation and for us. I'm still trying to get more pictures on the albums, but it's not working for some reason. I'm also trying to figure out how to get videos on here. Hopefully I can figure that out soon.

Always praying,
Kelly