Lochlan started speech therapy twice a week at childserve and is making remarkable progress daily. Only 6 mo ago he had scored at a 9-12 mo age for receptive language. I worked with him a couple days ago doing mass trials and he was able to identify 18 out of 30 cards of household objects without prompts (that is discriminating between two cards). The other 12 he identified with only 1 or 2 prompts!!! I couldn't believe it! The B-12 injections are doing more than we even dreamed of! Lochlan continues to increase his spontaneous language as well. He is even consistently greeting familiar people. We have also found that he is responding to therapeutic doses of ibuprofen which means that his head banging is probably from pain attenuation. We are in the works to see a neurologist (for both boys actually) in Rockford, Illinois. We are going to get scans done of the boys and discuss some of the neurological issues. We are also planning to take Lochlan to see a Dr. here in the metro who does Cranial massage. The greatest news- he has decreased the amount of times he is engaging in self injurious behavior by over 70%!!!
Lochlan is also spontaneously saying certain routine phrases such as... Bye Car!, Sully Where-Are-You?, Oh-no What-happened?, Ummm-delicious!, I-got-it! and a few others. Huge, huge gains for him in the language department and we are so very proud of him. We have also discovered that he will need to have braces/supports for his ankles. When he was about 15mo we noticed that his feet rolled and turned inward. I mentioned something to our pediatrician at the time and she told me to see the guy at Junior Shoe world and a good shoe would fix the problem. Well- I think it was a ploy to get me to buy their shoes because it did not do the trick....and now it will take even longer to correct! I am really glad to have childserve on board and I know that they will take care of us the right way. Feeding continues to be a battle and currently Lochlan is eating meat, dry/crunchy snack foods, fruit and baby food. Doesn't amount to much. Luckily he is getting his necessary caloric intake from formula.
(Lochlan stimming on wheels of car)
Sully continues to amaze us daily with his witty comments and smooth manipulation. That boy could talk the shirt right off of your back it he wanted to. Put all that with his irresistible smile and you have a recipe for disaster!
I have come to the conclusion that ears are purely decoration and serve no functional purpose......at least in our house. The concept of compliance we struggle with daily. No matter what I do or say he will be defiant and sooner or later he then whittles me away with all of his words. Then there's nothing left. ( I am seriously working on a compliance program for him at home! Any advice don't hesitate to comment!)
So-I have immersed myself in the book Autism 24/7 in hopes of some kind of direction. It is a great book so far with lots of ideas but he seems to be always one step ahead. So I will continue to pray for guidance as we battle day in and day out. Two weeks ago Sully decided that he no longer needed naps. This is certainly something that I still need, but with him going to school in the fall in the afternoon, I decided it was best to let nature take its course. I will have to say that there is a real grieving process that comes with the termination of nap time. The once quiet and tranquil measly hours are no longer quiet and tranquil, instead they are full of train whistles, airplanes flying and the endless talking about bugs. By the end of the day I am more frazzled than ever! Sully continues to verbally stim a lot and is very emotional and obsessive. We are waiting on our DAN! Dr. for guidance (supplemental) as she needed to do more research before we made a plan of action. Hopefully her call will come soon. Eating is still a daily battle and like his brother he is limiting down to almost nothing. I praise God that he will at least drink his formula, which provides him with the necessary nutrition for the day.
One of our three added appointments was enrolling Sully in horse therapy, which he loves. They begin with grooming and putting the saddle on the pony. Then they ride for a bit, play a couple of games and then they have an interactive story all while in the saddle! Once they are done riding, they groom again and remove the saddle. So far we have only had one lesson and he is really looking forward to another with "Harley".(the pony)
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