Yesterday morning Jude had his speech therapy evaluation and the little smarty pants tested at a 4 - 4 1/2 year old age level for receptive (what he understands) and right at 2 (which he is 2 years old) for expressive (what he can say). We had noticed a recent explosion of talking and words lately with Jude. McKenna, his speech therapist, described this as him being a sponge. He spent all this time soaking in everything around him and learning, and now he is going to let it all out. While he was learning he wasn't talking very much but now he is going to tell us all that he has learned. I'm ready to hear all about it!
After speech therapy I dropped Jude off at Nana's and picked up Katy Jane to take her to the hospital for her upper GI. While we were waiting (for 2 hours) I met a talkative old couple and heard their lives stories. It was sweet. They also asked all about Katy Jane and told me they would be praying for her. By the time they left, the granny leaned over to hug me and gave me a kiss on the cheek. So sweet.
Katy Jane didn't care for the barium she had to drink but luckily the little bit she got down was enough for the doctor to see that she is refluxing. That is encouraging because we know we are moving in the right direction with the Sandifer's Sydrome diagnosis and with the meds she is on. Now we are waiting for Children's Medical in Dallas to call us back with an appointment date for her to see their pediatric GI specialist to see where we go from here. I hate that she is still hurting so badly but I am happy to know that we are getting closer to getting it figured out for her.
Katy Jane didn't care for the barium she had to drink but luckily the little bit she got down was enough for the doctor to see that she is refluxing. That is encouraging because we know we are moving in the right direction with the Sandifer's Sydrome diagnosis and with the meds she is on. Now we are waiting for Children's Medical in Dallas to call us back with an appointment date for her to see their pediatric GI specialist to see where we go from here. I hate that she is still hurting so badly but I am happy to know that we are getting closer to getting it figured out for her.
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We close on our house on Thursday and then it will be chaos (well...a higher level of chaos) for about a week or so while we have some renovations done and wait to move everything in. I hope to have everything moved in and set up before I leave with Jude and Katy Jane for Dallas.
Isabella seems to have adjusted to our brand of chaos around here. She takes is all in stride.
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