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The boy child had his monthly visit with Dr. H yesterday (the OTHER Dr. H) and we agreed that he's in a really good place right now. So far he's having a great, low-key summer. We try to go swimming at least once a week and taekwondo is three times per week (and occupational therapy is once a week) but the rest of the time is mostly free time for him to build with Legos or invent stuff or experiment with stuff or teach himself Java programming, which is his latest thing. He seems very relaxed and un-stressed, which is very nice to see.
Dr. H noticed something that DH and I have also noticed lately however: the boy child's speech has become really unclear. He's always had a bit of a problem with sliding his "s" sound but it's never been really severe. Lately he's really slurring a lot, though, and we're not sure why that is. We had him evaluated by a private speech pathologist a couple of years ago, and she said he had a lot of muscle laxity around his jaw and could probably benefit from oral-motor therapy, but our insurance nixed the idea and we couldn't afford to pay out of pocket. And then when the school's speech pathologist evaluated him as part of his FIE last fall, she said his speech was within the normal range. It seems to have gotten worse since then, though, so we're going to ask for a speech re-eval when he gets his overall re-evaluation this fall.
I showed Dr. H our provider list for a child psychiatrist for the girl child and he was able to give me another name of someone who might possibly be good, so I've turned that over to DH for followup. Maybe we can finally get her an appointment THIS YEAR sometime. Sheesh. She's doing well right now too, though, which is good. It's interesting to see, now that we know what we're dealing with, how her manic and depressive states are so different from her simple "happy" and "sad" moods. There really is a big difference in behavior between simply being happy and being manic. I feel like I need to do a lot more reading/research on this whole bipolar thing, but just simply observing her has been so enlightening.
Today we had our followup with the allergist about the girl child's skin tests, and it turns out she's allergic to pretty much everything too. VERY allergic to dogs, grass and certain trees, and she did have a reaction to soy. We've decided to stick with oral medication for the time being rather than doing shots, for pretty much the same reasons we've decided to skip shots for the boy child.
So the bad news is, we can't get a dog. But the good news is: no tofu, ever!
Dr. H noticed something that DH and I have also noticed lately however: the boy child's speech has become really unclear. He's always had a bit of a problem with sliding his "s" sound but it's never been really severe. Lately he's really slurring a lot, though, and we're not sure why that is. We had him evaluated by a private speech pathologist a couple of years ago, and she said he had a lot of muscle laxity around his jaw and could probably benefit from oral-motor therapy, but our insurance nixed the idea and we couldn't afford to pay out of pocket. And then when the school's speech pathologist evaluated him as part of his FIE last fall, she said his speech was within the normal range. It seems to have gotten worse since then, though, so we're going to ask for a speech re-eval when he gets his overall re-evaluation this fall.
I showed Dr. H our provider list for a child psychiatrist for the girl child and he was able to give me another name of someone who might possibly be good, so I've turned that over to DH for followup. Maybe we can finally get her an appointment THIS YEAR sometime. Sheesh. She's doing well right now too, though, which is good. It's interesting to see, now that we know what we're dealing with, how her manic and depressive states are so different from her simple "happy" and "sad" moods. There really is a big difference in behavior between simply being happy and being manic. I feel like I need to do a lot more reading/research on this whole bipolar thing, but just simply observing her has been so enlightening.
Today we had our followup with the allergist about the girl child's skin tests, and it turns out she's allergic to pretty much everything too. VERY allergic to dogs, grass and certain trees, and she did have a reaction to soy. We've decided to stick with oral medication for the time being rather than doing shots, for pretty much the same reasons we've decided to skip shots for the boy child.
So the bad news is, we can't get a dog. But the good news is: no tofu, ever!
posted by Miss Anthrope at 10:02 PM
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