Back in the Saddle Again...
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 biggest worry is how to help Isaiah cope with things. This is our first surgery where he can talk back, tell us what hurts, how he's scared and fight back. We're really worried most about what this will do to his generally happy demeanor. How do you explain to a kiddo that he has to go to the hospital to have something 'fixed' when nothing's really broken or hurting him? We'll work through it I'm sure, but it'll definitely be different than the last time when he was barely even saying Mama and Dada.
I'm hoping to make these posts a bit more regular, at least for the time being since we still have a number of family members who aren't on Facebook. If you are on Facebook and have been following along feel free to add us as friends, just drop us a personal message if we don't already know you.
Thanks,
B
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 biggest worry is how to help Isaiah cope with things. This is our first surgery where he can talk back, tell us what hurts, how he's scared and fight back. We're really worried most about what this will do to his generally happy demeanor. How do you explain to a kiddo that he has to go to the hospital to have something 'fixed' when nothing's really broken or hurting him? We'll work through it I'm sure, but it'll definitely be different than the last time when he was barely even saying Mama and Dada.
I'm hoping to make these posts a bit more regular, at least for the time being since we still have a number of family members who aren't on Facebook. If you are on Facebook and have been following along feel free to add us as friends, just drop us a personal message if we don't already know you.
Thanks,
B
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