Good News

I finally heard from Mrs. Highfield today. Just as I suspected, she's been on vacation and she's been attending lots of meetings/seminars. I expected that because of the time of year, and I was glad to hear from her. She asked about how the summer was going...LOL...I'm sure her ear was throbbing when we ended our conversation. I told her about everything from Calen's daycare kicking him out to the fact that he hasn't been receiving any services over the summer. The main thing is about his new teacher. She has been training over the summer to learn ABA! She's getting ready to go to Auburn for 4 days to attend a seminar (or something to that effect) about Autism and the different methods in teaching. I'm very glad to hear about that. She also told me about the new teacher being younger, more experienced with special-needs kids, and is herself a mom. The previous teacher was not a mom. That's great that she's been training with ABA techniques, but if I'm not satisfied with Calen's progress, I will not be quiet about it. That much is certain. But I am so excited for my baby because he really enjoyed the 3 days that he attended school. I can't wait to see the progress he will make now that he will be going 5 days a week, he's on medicines that help is digestive system calm down and he will (hopefully) be able to begin B-12 shots. I'm still looking for a topical anesthetic that will not burn when the meds are injected, so if anyone out there knows of anything, please let me know ASAP!!!!

I was in shock when I opened my mailbox yesterday. I'm just now receiving the report from when Calen was diagnosed with developmental delay by Sparks Clinics back in October and November of 2007. It even made mention of the fact that I asked for him to be tested for Autism. He was 2 years and 8 months old at the time. That goes to show just how bad behind Sparks Clinic is with the large amount of children being diagnosed. They are too far behind. There are too many children out there needing help. When I requested that he be tested for autism, he was added to the list. His wait was going to be six months (at least). He was still ahead of others that had not been seen yet! Praise God...a cancellation came through and I received a call offering me the spot and I jumped on it. Calens wait turned out to be 2 months instead of 6. There were some helpful web sites on the report. I will post them on this blog. My Internet at home is down for some reason. My only chance is to do it from work.

Everything else right now is okay. Nothing at all to complain about. I just take it one moment at a time.