Isaiah 7.17 : Updates, etc.

Don't mess with this Sherriff!

First off, surgery negotiations with the providers and insurance company are still in progress and looking positive.   It’s almost a full time job for Rachel dealing with all this, especially when certain provider’s staff don’t feel like they’re giving it much effort at all.  I guess we can expect some of that since we 'choose' to go to Dallas because of what some of the Doctors here in Atlanta did and were saying they were going to do, but to us its not really a choice.  Unlike 4 years ago Rachel is working now, albeit part time, but it eats up a bunch of time and is making her worried about having enough time to ready her mind for the surgery.   I don’t know if you ever can really get yourself psyched up for these things.   I think you can only try to clear your mind of everything else that gets in the way, but even that’s difficult at times.   We’ve been lucky to have a very supportive family and since we’ve finally found a home church here in Atlanta as of May 2012 it’

It's been over a year since we've posted anything worth much merit.  All in all that's been a good thing.  There has been little to report beyond an official diagnosis of Isaiah being on the low end of the Autism spectrum and starting Kindergarten this year.  Things are changing in short order though.  This Novemeber we'll be travelling to Texas so that Isaiah can have another cranial vault surgery done by Dr. Fearon.  It'll be his first major cranial surgery in nearly 4 years.  We've been very lucky that's his growth has been progressing nicely these last few years but his head growth has dropped off a bit recently, and that's why we're having the surgery.   It's a bit strange right now to think that in a couple weeks we'll be back in TX.  4 years ago we had just finished his fourth surgery in under 18 months and it all seemed like old hat.  Now its sort of this Deja Vu like feeling like we've done this before, but not quite.  Our bigg