Re-eval

I've been wanting to post this for a few days now, we've had our re-eval. Overall, it went well, and we've got a very manageable program. We are very obviously not finished, but the good news is that Bette said we could be close! I so wanted to hear that, but was afraid it would be much longer before I heard anything like that. She said we 'could' be close to finished, so that has a lot of gray area. One can never predict how long something will actually take to heal completely. We got back to tummy crawling and you can really see that there is a lot of healing that needs to take place. Everytime we stop the tummy crawling, there is clear regression. This is the area of most resistance, so we are going the slowest. I will rejoice the day we no longer have to tummy crawl. We started homolaterals, which I thought would be a battle like tonic neck patterns. She does them like a pro! I don't even need a helper at this point. I wish I knew if them coming so naturally means that there is less healing to be done in that area?

I have to mention something disturbing. This will be the second time that Bette mentioned that when she first saw S, she was really worried. I'm so happy she didn't convey that to me when she was thinking it. I was already worried, and Bette was the one who finally gave us the hope we were looking for. I'm glad she has the wisdom to know what to say and when to say it. Other people we know felt the same, but only said some thing when they saw how much she has improved. Of course, they don't know what trauma looks like, neither did I. Trauma was an equal size piece of the puzzle. I tend to be optimistic, even though some see me totally different. So if you have been reading this from the beginning, you may be thinking things weren't all that bad. Well, they were. And there are still areas that cause quite a bit of concern. Bette identified a retained reflex this time. I looked it up and this is what it said.
"At about three months of age, an infant will begin to display the Landau's reflex. When she is placed on her stomach face down, she will raise her head and arch her back. This reflex will persist until around the child's first birthday. Absence of this reflex suggests problems in motor development. The pediatrician may investigate further to rule out such problems as cerebral palsy and mental retardation ."

Cerebral palsy and mental retardation? Those words were hard to read. what do both of those words equate to? Brain injury. What does NR address? Brain injury! We are in the right place doing the right thing. Bette also recommended a listening program for S's auditory sensitivity. Hopefully this will decrease her anxiety.

We are going to get the program ASAP. I'll let you know how it goes.