Cian is getting a dev ped....

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Cian is getting a dev ped....
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Sun, 07-15-2007 - 8:24pm

I mentioned this in chat last night (actually hoopla'ed about it a few times, lol). Dh has FINALLY started to ask about Cian and the need to get him assessed....thank f'n Jaysus!!! There was a similar moment with Liam (at the same age too I might add). With Liam it was when he hit his Father over the back with an acoustic guitar....no warning, no notion where it came from. We had a call into a pdoc the next day.

With Cian we have become increasingly concerned with his pottying (or lack thereof). The ped suggested just last week Cian just wasn't ready at his 4 yr old well child, and I was happy enough with that...sort of. Then last night Cian took off his pull up in his room and got poo all over his carpet and his "Cars" play rug. He could have cared less, (a) that he was sitting in poo, and (b) that he had smeared poop on the floor (well not smear, so much at let it fall there). Anywho, with speech delay (all articulatory now) and the immaturity in social situations (prefers playing with young 3's) now add the potty, I think and dh FINALLY agrees the boys needs a dev ped asap. 'course our hmo sucks and no one of merit takes it, but we have three dev peds locally (within an hour) that we are going to call tomorrow and there is always the Marcus Institute (sister of Kennedy Krieger), but they will invariably have a waiting list.

I could get him into a private clinic for a mere $1,700, but as we've been paying the summer months mortgage out of a credit card (dh couldn't find a job this summer), that may have to wait, or I may finally ask my parents for a loan......eating big humble pie there too!!! His OT quietly dx him with sid and lately we've been seeing a LOT of sensory seeking, drapes himself all over things/people, loooves to stand on his head with his legs draped over the couch, etc

I tried the EI services; in MD they only gave him 60 mins speech a months, here he gets 60 mins a week, and what they call consult (ie: spec ed teacher visits him at preschool twice a months and logs his behaviors....whoop de f'n doo....). I shall also be demanding another fine motor eval by the preschool OT. He was borderline for services last November, but at age 4 he still won't hold a crayon or pencil correctly and there is absolutely low muscle tone going on. Can I just say "AAAAARRRRGHGHGH!!!" Dh has already commented and I quote "I'm sure we'll be doing this all over again in 2 years with Roan." Breaks my heart to hear how sad he is. I have to say I had a woefully depressive day today, dragged myself out of bed, very hard to get motivated etc. Oh and we are to drive to the in-laws tomorrow.....yyeeech, 3 days in the house of glass....that should be fun....NOT!

Dee

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Sun, 07-15-2007 - 10:52pm


I think its a wise thing to do. Once Chris is done at the regional center, I plan to get Nic assessed not far after.. Their Pysciatrist has already dx'd them, but the regional center will give them more services.

Nic does the same thing as Chris with most things, but just not as intensly, (maybe part of it is that Nic's 7 and Chris is 11?) but he does enough to where it always makes me wonder.

Lainie

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Sun, 07-15-2007 - 11:09pm

Good for your dh! I'm glad he is able to see the need for a dev ped. I hope you don't have to wait too long.

Speaking of health ins. We just saw Sicko last night at the theater. Blew me away. I cannot believe what people in other countries have that we don't. Sorry went off in another direction there . . .

Hope the in-laws are tolerable!

Molly

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Mon, 07-16-2007 - 1:37am

((Dee))

Sorry I missed that announcement in chat.

I'm so glad DH is on board with going deeper. And yucky as poop is, at least Cian didn't have to resort to whacking his father with anything to get this far. It is probably the age; 4 is not a baby-ish age, so it is not as believable that things are just babyhood behaviors.

Here's sending some positive thought vibes...

....In-law visit goes well...hmo company behaves....dev. ped has a clue...dev. ped sees Cian fairly soon...depression lifts...Roan needs "sibling services" ONLY...money comes to your family...world peace...

Sidney

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Wed, 07-18-2007 - 9:24pm


Well, we made it, Liam regressed completely after a summer of progress, hopefully it's all repairable

Start that battle tomorrow, sigh

I have accepted I've been depressed on and off since childhood, and I will consistently deal with low to moderate depression, yes am in therapy and on meds, but cyclothymia isn'f fun (soft bipolar, think of it as bp III)

God, wouldn't that be GREAT!!!!

I just bneed to get off my fat @ss and get a job, but that'll still be Aug '08

I have that down for completion by Thursday, sorry about the delay in that;)

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