Callie is having a great year so far! She loves sixth grade, is doing extremely well in her classes (straight A's in the gifted program), and her teachers say she is a joy to have in class! Love going to her conferences! Ethan on the other hand...well things aren't quite the same. I receive either a phone call, email, or note home on a daily basis. His principal, interventionist, and teacher all know me on a first name basis since we talk so much! :( We are definitely not having the year I was hoping for. We have an IEP meeting scheduled for Monday, so hopefully we can all get together and figure out some way to help him succeed this year in school. I'll be able to update more on that after the meeting.
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Ethan has also had a few doctor appointments recently and more to come. We went to the eye doctor to update his glasses prescription. We tried going to an optometrist since I really am not happy with his ophthalmologist during our last few appointments. The optometrist wasn't able to figure out his prescription (the best they could get him to was 20/50 vision) due to his severe astigmatism. Unfortunately, we have to go back to the ophthalmologist next week so we can update his glasses.
He also had his 7-year checkup at the pediatrician. The appointment went really well, even though he was highly upset that I made him wear a mask to go there. I was definitely nervous about being in there with any sick kids and all these crazy viruses going around! He apparently gained a couple pounds and grew a couple inches this past year leaving him around 25th percentile for both height and weight. His lungs sounded great still thankfully! We have had an amazing break for months now of clear lungs! We have never in his life gone this long between pneumonias and his "gunky" lung issues, so this has been pretty awesome! I pray it continues! :) He also got his flu shot that day so we're glad that's over with!
We also went to the Autism Center for our first evaluation last Wednesday. The appointment went well. We met with a few therapists and answered a ton of questions! Next week we return for another assessment. They'll observe Ethan at play, put stimulants that usually irritate him to see how he reacts, do a speech evaluation, and ask him more questions. It should be interesting. Then two weeks later John and I will return to hear their results and treatment plan. So far they've hinted at some diagnoses (one that I haven't even considered yet - and didn't want to), but I'm going to wait until I hear the actual results before sharing. Hopefully they can figure out what's wrong and we can come up with a great treatment plan to help him!
Ethan also had to do a Holter monitor to make sure his heart was handling the increase in his medication. Unfortunately, I have not received any results back. Hopefully that goes along with the whole "no news is good news" thing. He also had two nosebleeds in one week, so that obviously was a cause for concern since we had recently increased his Coumadin (blood thinners). We had to go in to the lab for a blood test to make sure his INR wasn't too high. Thankfully his numbers were good, so that was a big relief. Hopefully results will come in soon from his Holter and I'll let you know how it went.
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Callie bridged in Girl Scouts last week as well. They had a lot of fun and she is now officially a Cadette!
This upcoming week we have a soccer game and then soccer tournament for Callie, Callie's running club races and award presentations, Ethan's eye appointment, Callie's 11-year doctor appointment, picking out new glasses for both of the kids, Ethan's IEP meeting, Autism Center, and foot golf for Callie with her soccer team. This is in addition to my work and school! It'll be a busy week for sure! Hopefully Ethan is able to have a good week at school so that can make things go much more smoothly! Callie has also had a cold for the past 2 weeks. I keep waiting for Ethan to get sick, but so far he hasn't shown any signs! Hopefully she gets over it soon without getting anyone else sick! It's very strange to have Callie sick instead of Ethan! She never gets sick!
I'll update again soon with some more catching up and more info on our appointments. :) Thanks for all the prayers and support!
