1 yr anniversary of Diagnosis!

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1 yr anniversary of Diagnosis!
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Wed, 04-19-2006 - 12:23pm

So today is the 1 year anniversary of Bobby's diagnosis.

 


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Wed, 04-19-2006 - 12:56pm

Tina,

I do that too. I'm with the boys everyday, and it is hard to see the improvements. If I were to look back a year...I would also be able to see Nathan's accomplishments as well. I think we focus so much on the everyday things sometimes (there's just SO MUCH to do!! lol) But it is nice to look back and see how far he's come.

hugs,

michelle

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Wed, 04-19-2006 - 4:54pm

May 10, 1998

I don't remember all the others, but the first one I have never forgotton and it is now 8 years later. You aren't crazy for remembering. Mike first ASD diagnosis was in May as well. 2003 I think. But the first time PDD was questioned for him was September 1999.

I am the one who is crazy.

Renee

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Wed, 04-19-2006 - 5:17pm

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Edited 2/19/2008 9:37 pm ET by littleroses
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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 1:35am
Tina,
((HUGS))
You are not crazy for remembering that date. I can't remember anything and I remember that date(June 21st) and even remember every detail about the office, like when I first walked in to get the results the first thing I saw was a box of tissues on the table and my stomach just fell to the floor and I knew. It's weird the things that stick in your head! Anyway, it is amazing how much difference a year can make. Jakes floortime therapist gave me a compiled video of all the sessions she had taped of Jake from 13 months to the present day and I was stunned when I saw where he was at 13 months. He didn't make a sound, no words, no babbling and seeing that tape was scary because now I can see even more signs of Autism than I was even aware of at the time. Today he's like a totally different child, it's just so unbelievable how much therapy can do. All those times I felt like all the therapy was a big waste of time vanished when I saw that tape. You are doing an amazing job and all your hard work will pay off one day and that date will no longer have the same painful feeling it has today!
Teresa
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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 9:52am

((HUGS)) Tina!!

December 15, 2005

recent but nonetheless, I'll remember it as well....

Teresa.....that is amazing about the taped sessions.....to actually watch his transformation in progress....WOW!

((HUGS))
Christie

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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 12:28pm

More hugs!

March 31, 2004. Isn't it interesting how we all remember? I hadn't thought about it that way.

However, when I "really knew" was December 24, 2003. We had taken him to an audiologist just for a hearing check that our ped had suggested as a first step. Eric spent the whole time spinning the wheels on his stroller that he insisted on tipping over. The audiologist said, "his hearing is fine but if he was my child, I'd have him tested for autism." Not the Christmas present I had hoped for, but her bluntness made the "actual" diagnosis easier, I guess.

You are right, I too tend to focus on the day to day. But when I look back I also see how far Eric has come. He really deserves most of the credit too.

He didn't call me momma until close to age 3. Now he is asking questions and starting to have spontaneous speech most of the time. A year ago he was just starting potty training, I was pulling my hair out and taking a class on the topic at our local ASA. Now he is "mostly" potty trained, even at night. A year ago he wouldn't hug me or let me hug him and was always saying "go away." Now he is sometimes a snuggle bunny like when he was a little baby and he won't let me out of his sight!

Actually, with this "anniversay" I guess most of us do kind of have something to "celebrate" and I too feel so grateful to have found a home here.

Love and hugs,
Katherine

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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 10:40pm

I think I just remembered. I am going to check the report to be sure, but Mike was May 8, 2003. I knew Cait's was May 10, 1998. Heck of mothers day gifts eh?

It is amazing how we all remember. Mike's was more an evolution with many miss diagnosis in advance, but funny how the first real ASD one sticks even though it was first mentioned 4 years earlier.

Renee

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