Today was the day we were met with the developmental pediatrician. I liked her, I liked her resident and I liked the facility. But what did we get from the meeting today? An affirmation that what we are doing is right; we pretty much have everything covered.
Seeing the array of specialists, the therapies, and the school support; we have it exactly right & the only thing they have to add is social fun, like: gymnastics (tried it), karate (tried it), swimming (on our radar), or pet therapy like horseback riding (looking into it). Soccer and baseball we gave a good try at too, but again...not really his thing. Cooking would have been good, but there wasn't enough people registered...we will try that one again too.
What we can use this developmental pediatrician for is a resource for anytime in the future we aren't sure what to do or where to go for help or guidance for school or ADHD, etc..
They agree with keeping all these specialists at one children's hospital, they gave advice on how to get a new neurologist there and prompted us to get moving on that, since we kicked the old one to the curb.
The thing this doctor did say which I haven't heard yet before was this:
That the good thing is he is hard to figure out; it is the bad cases that are easy to figure out, whether it be a clear cognitive delay, a syndrome that is more common than others, or even less common but severe. The fact that he has a lot going for him and he is making progress, makes it hard to figure out what is the cause, but that is a good thing, it is not a bad thing.
I think I'll agree with her.
We left there without any pokes or prods, and a very happy kid. Per the eldest's request, we ate lunch at the train station restaurant where we sat at the bar and a toy Lionel train deliver our food. Now I'm off to start work for the remainder of the day and he is at Chuck E Cheese with his Wonderful Dad. Then they will pick up his siblings and we can all start our weekend.
Thank Goodness Its Friday!
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