Maria went to her pediatrician for her annual exam. It was the best one ever. No shots, no blood draws, no bad news. We were the last patient of the day and maybe that’s why our doc was a bit wacky. She’s usually the best!! I told her about the ant attack (I’m still not over that one. It’s going to take me a LONG time to get over it. Now, every night when I put her to bed, I turn on the light and do a bed check. Whenever I check on her through the night, I do a bed check. First thing in the morning, or if I hear a peep out of her, well you get the idea. More ants in the kitchen yesterday. Exterminator’s coming today. Will I sleep easier tonight?), and about Maria being pale all day, so she asked me if Maria was anemic. I don’t recall anything ever being said. But I started wondering, hmmm, if I was to try and find out, where would I go….the pediatrician!!! They’re the ones that do the blood draws, she could look in their records! But, as I said, we were the last patient of the day.
Maria weighs 34 lb. They didn’t tell me the height/length. They didn’t measure her head for the first time. Doc said she was happy with Maria’s growth, glad to see her standing. Pretty uneventful, which I like!! Seems like there was one other wacky thing she did, but I don’t recall (it was 3 days ago, after all).
Latest on the aug comm device…we made 2 boards with body parts– 1 has eyes, cheek, chin, nose; the other has hands, feet/toes, knees, belly. Both have more, all done, tickle, touch. Those are boards that Maria can interact with. The ones the speech therapist made last time were all of therapy toys that we don’t have. Sorry, but using it for one hour a week (w/o letting Maria touch the device) sorta defeats the purpose!! I asked what we should tell the school to do and she said we shouldn’t be telling them what to do (dissing them). I reminded her that we’re coming up with our own design, color scheme, etc, so we set the parameters. If the school was doing it, they’d do it the way they do it with the other kids, which won’t work with Maria. Argh! Very aggravating, but I shouldn’t say anymore…
Oh yea, We sure miss Manolis!!! Just over 2 months to go.