Hearing Eval.

So Andrew had his hearing evaluated last week. The technician said he was with in normal range for hearing. A few days later I got the report and I had no idea how to read the graphs and all the numbers that were on the form. So I showed his speech therapist. She said that normal hearing is in the  -10 to 20, Andrew cam in right at 20 with at 4000 hertz he came in at 25. So depending on who you ask what web site you look at he is either just fine or has mild hearing loss to the higher pitched sounds.  So, yes he is with in normal range on hearing but one more step down he will be considered mild hearing loss.

Speech eval.

So yesterday we had his speech evaluation done. Here is the short version. After two hours of evaluating she came to the conclusion of yes he need speech therapy. I could have told her that. As for his delays in his understanding of speech he is at a 12-15 month level which is consistent with his other levels. His expressive communication was at a bigger level of delay. It was at a 9-12 level. I was a little surprised by that number but not much. Like I said I knew there was a problem. So we are now adding in another therapy once a week (I think). So the grand total is 4 therapies one time a week and one once a month thru January and then we drop the once a month one.  Again I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Sorry it has been a while for an update. We have been REALLY busy. We are coming to our one year anniversary with therapy. In this year I have seen tremendous improvement in Andrew. The biggest being in his physical abilities. When we started Andrew was 11 months. He JUST learned how to crawl and sit on his own. He also didn't have the reflex to catch himself if he fell. Now he is doing so great. We have stopped with the leg braces and now use very supportive shoes. He can walk with confidence and he can run. Boy can he ever run. He had a quick evaluation last week and he will have his formal one for P/T next month but she said that he was at a 20 month level and he is 22 months old.

We did get the call for speech and he will be evaluated tomorrow for that. 

He had his eyes checked again and for sure he will need glasses in a year or two. He also went to the dentist. He has no cavities but he did manage to grind the enamel off two of his upper teeth. I have no idea how that happened. 

Next week we are going for our 6 month (a little late) follow up with the audiologist. 

I hope you all have a happy Thanksgiving. We have a lot to be thankful for.

On a not so good news update

The poor boy has the poops so bad again that it has "burnt" the skin off his tushie and his cheeks are bleeding again. He cries so hard when I change him it is sad. He is pooping at least once a hour and just keeps it from healing. I hope he stops pooping soon. Well not all the way we don't want to go thru what we went thru this summer with him not pooping at all.

P/T

Andrew is doing SO well in P/T we are now going to once a month for November, December and January. In January will be his last time. He has met his P/T goals. As for his leg braces we are going to change them out for new ones. The ones he has now are for low tone and pronation. His low tone is better so he doesn't need them so high up. We will be getting some that go to his ankle for the pronation. This is good news!!!!

Research

I found a doctor in Georgia who is doing research on this gene and others. He is looking at all of Andrew's tests and the next time Andrew gets blood drawn we are going to send him some to do work on. He is studying different variations on the gene. In the process of getting all the information together for him we found out that not all of the testing was completed. The gene specific test was to be done in two tiers. If the first tier was negative (which it was) then the second more in-depth test was to be done. Well, it wasn't. So the genetic councilor was going to call the lab and find out why it wasn't done and have it started. So we are still "technically" not out of the woods  on the gene conformation yet. 

Wonderful news!!

 I have some wonderful news!!! Andrew broke 20 pounds. Not only did he break the 20 pound mark he surpassed it. At his GI app. last week he weighted in at 20 lbs and 10 oz. We were absolutely thrilled to see that. He has been fighting to get this weight on since May. He was almost 20 lbs in May and then he got sick and spent a few days in the hospital. He went down to 18.5. It has taken 4 months to put this weight back on. So we don't have to go back to see the GI until his 2nd birthday. That makes me SO happy. 

With his diagnosis I do need to take him back to the dentist, audiologist and eye doctor just to get everything rechecked.