DEVELOPMENTAL THERAPY

Yesterday I had a lengthy meeting with the coordinators of the local Birth to Three program. They help you navigate you through the system of medical clinics and the various therapists to get Max on a good path towards success! I was quite eager to have this meeting because I want to move full force ahead with his therapy....we have some catching up to do after that lengthy ICU stay! Great to have that all in motion now...hopefully therapy can start next week once the "paperwork" is all in place. :)

I had to answer a million questions to determine where Max is according to the developmental charts. The one he scored the best on was "social/emotional" and his lowest was "communication" due to his significant hearing loss. That is going to be one of our more difficult areas until Max adapts to wearing his hearing aides. And even then, we must determine if they are truly working for him since he has a mixed loss. I am hoping once they fit better and he becomes more used to them, it will make a big difference for him. If not, we would be looking at cochlear impacts in the future....IF he is a candidate.

I am REALLY looking forward to starting our work with the therapist...hopefully Max enjoys it too! We worked with OTs in the hospital but so many of the times Max was not up for it because of his fragility. But now that he is getting stronger and more stable, I think we will really start seeing changes! :)