Sean can now point out noses & mouths. It's very exciting. He can also point out fishies at the aquarium. Now you might be thinking.... "Heeeeelllllooooo. Of course he can point out fish at the aquarium. All he has to do is point in any direction." I'm talking about up close & personal with the tank, points out the fish as they swim by. He likes to lean on the big tanks and watch as the colorful fish swim by.
Sean's speech therapist completed his most recent assessment. To say I'm pleased as punch is an understatement. Now I don't know where we started on the percentage scale. And quite frankly.... I don't care. I prepared myself for Sean to have more of a delay (comparatively) than he has. Sean is officially at an 18% delay across the board. His receptive language is pretty spot on for his age and his expressive language is lagging behind by a couple of weeks. I'm pretty happy with that. Our speech therapist was so happy I was happy. She explained that most parents are afraid when their kids do well because that usually means a reduction in services. I explained to her that while we love her, we'd love nothing more than to not need her services anymore and I intend to celebrate each & every time Sean makes progress toward not needing his therapies. So then she got happy and told me that without my doing what I do with him, he wouldn't be doing as well. That meant a lot to me.
Sean has also passed his hearing test with flying colors. Woot woot! His ear canals are tiny, but look great! And if you knew what kind of ear & sinus issues the poor kid came from, you'd understand how awesome that is.
Meredith's adenoids are smaller. Great news! But..... isn't there always but? But...... one of my concerns has been confirmed. I've been saying for the last 2 years, since Meredith was taken off the prevacid & zantac, that she still had reflux. The GI dr kept saying that if she did, it wasn't bad enough to warrant medications. At 2 years old, he said that the only way to tell for sure was to sedate her & do an endoscopy. I elected not to sedate her. The ENT stuck a probe up her nose to check out her adenoids and guess what.... no post nasal drip, adenoids look great, but... he saw acid in her throat. Reflux confirmed. No sedation needed and it took a total of 7 seconds. So now Meredith is on zantac. I'm so annoyed. After 3 doses of the zantac Meredith ate 1 donut, 1 cup of chocolate milk, 1 ENTIRE NYC slice of pizza and 1 pb&j. And.... she was asking for more. While I'm thrilled that it looks like she is finally eating well.... with each meal she devours, I get angrier & angrier that my poor princess has been suffering and starving. Ok ok..... we can only move forward right?
Monday the 27th, we go for another check at the cardiologist. I'm sure everything is going to look good.
Wednesday the 29th Sean goes to the orthopedist to get a quick evaluation for some concerns I've had. Nothing majorly exciting.
On the 30th Meredith heads to the pedi to discuss this reflux business.
SO I leave you with the divas and her trusty sidekick.
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