School

I went to the school William will be attending this morning. I was a nervous wreck. I didn't know what to except when I first arrived. The Principal was on the PA system making the usual morning announcements. I spoke with the secretary who called the PSI Director to come out to help me. She was very nice. The very first thing i said was.. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to get all this information to you. She was very pleasant and told me that it wasn't a big deal. She did tell me that she was impressed. I have all of Williams medical records , Shot records, Ectra from day one. I used to work for doctors so I keep everything. You never know when you'll need it. N E ways. back to the subject in hand.. She told me that they would be setting up an assessment for William. So they can see where he needs to be placed. Now I'm just waiting on her to schedule it and call me with the day and time. My Next hurdle will be actually taking him to school. Wish me Luck.

YEAH !! We Passed the EED test.

I took William today to the Chatham Co Health Dept for the EED test. It was crowded and hot. Not to mention loud. He was okay for the first hour of waiting..Then he started to get irritated and cranky. He was ready to go and so was I. I was seconds from walking out when I asked a Nurse who I should let know we were leaving. I told her William was Mildy Autistic and didn't like the noise of the crowds of people. She was so Kind and understanding that she said ..I'll move you to the top of the list and with in 5 minutes they called us. Thank god for people who understand how it is to have a child that is different from other kids.

The nurse started with the ears test. I told her that William wouldn't put the head phones on his head or ears for the hearing test. So instead she used a toy that made noise to check his hearing. He could hear it and tried to grab the toy away from her..So he could hear the noise in each ear and see her. That was two test down and a third to go.. Next she checked his teeth. I've been brushing his teeth for him so he passed that test.. So William passed all the test for the EED. I know it might not seem like a big deal to everyone.. But to me it means alot.!

Speech & Hearing trip

Today was a good day. I was suprised too. I just had a feeling that William was going to show out like he did on monday. He actually did good. He liked the Pathologist ~Mrs. Mandy~. She pulled out a box of different toys and tried to get William to interact with the toys. Like feeding the toy bear with a spoon and giving the toy bear something to drink, Instead..William threw the bear acrossed the room and told me I ready to go.. Mrs. Mandy didn't give up so easly. She got out a ball and william and her played catch for a few minutes. William was laughing and asking for the ball. She said he made good eye contact..Which is a good thing. Most children w/ autisum don't like to look you in the eyes. After he got bored with the ball she started blowing bubbles. He loved that. He asked her to blow more. I thought at one point she was going to run out of breath. Then she pulled out a picture book. She asked William to point at certain pictures. Which he had no intrest in doing. Even though I knew he reconized most of the pictures and would tell me what they were I couldn't help him out. I wanted to help him cheat but.. I couldn't. I was asked no to help him or say anything to William while she was testing him. She gave him blocks to stack. William lined them up and them put them back in the box they came out of and closed the lid. She said william would need speech therapy twice a week and occupational therapy also. She suggested William learn sign language. So I'll have to learn it too.. She said that the school that William will hopefully be attending does their own therapy. YAY! I won't have to drive back and forth to savannah every other day. Hopefully it will all work out. But I'll keep you posted. ~Amanda

Lab Work Day

I took William to get his Lab work done today. I was glad to finally get them over with. (I had been going back and forth with his insurance provider over this for almost a month and a half.) William did good up untill the Nurse put that elastic rubberband around his arm.Then the fight was on. He kicked screamed and cried. I have never felt so bad in all my life. I wanted to cry with him. It was all I could do just to hold his legs and arm down. They had to use both arms too. Poor Little guy. It didn't take long but it seemed like forever. Then that was it. We left and went to McDonalds for Chicken Nuggets, Fries & a McFlurry. I would have bought him anything he wanted after that. On the way their William said.." I sorry Mommy" " are you mad ?".. I wanted to stop the car in the Middle of Reynolds street and Jump out and Hugg him & Hold him and let him know he had nothing to be sorry about and I could never be mad at him. I was crying at this Point. I know he doesn't really understand why he had to get lab work done and I'm sure he wouldn't understand even if I told him. After about 15 minutes into the ride home he fell asleep... That was the quietest car ride home ever.