Throat Ickies
Well it started yesterday, my usual sickness which is the throat infection. The last time it struck me was a few months ago and it was bad… I mean real bad. I couldn’t walk, talk, eat or drink. I had a fever of 104 and ended up in the hospital on morphine to control the pain. I really really hope it doesn’t get bad this time, although I already feel really weak and sweaty. Ah well………….it’s still another month before I see the ear, nose, and throat specialist.
Chris went to the neurologist yesterday and was diagnosed with what we all feared. His pediatrician knew but wouldn’t say anything until we seen him. The neuro said he had severe ADHD which is why he is has a global learning delay. Normally I would put that diagnosis off as an ADD med happy doctor, but since Chris has had major symptoms since he was a baby we couldn’t delay it any further. I have one option, meds. I am not sure I want to go that route, and am taking a very cautious approach to this. The doctor suggested at the very least that he take a very small dose in the morning to get him through school. His problem is he doesn’t focus, stares into the air and doesn’t pay attention in general. He didn’t learn to talk until he was after 2, didn’t walk until he was 18 months, and he’s been generally delayed in everything. The last thing I want to do is put a 4 year old on meds but I don’t know what else to do really. The other thing the neuro said was that he should have one-on-one education that focuses on him. Well, I don’t have that option at the moment. His pre-school is ok, but the learning environment isn’t ideal for that situation. Very little time is actually working with him individually, aside from the speech & language therapy that he will undergo a few minutes per week. The neuro agreed with me that that may not be quite enough time.
Well Julie is coming home today, babyless. He’s doing well though, and in the best place possible. They have him under phototherapy lights just like Andrew was, but jaundice is very common, and nothing major really. Even full-term babies can get it.
We finally split the boys up into their seperate rooms. I think finally we may be able to put them both down at 8:00p.m. without any hesistations. Before we’d put Andrew down and get him to go to sleep before we put Chris in there. It got to the point that Andrew would sit up and wait for Chris to come to bed, so that wasn’t working out.
