Everything At Once - What the heck?

Ok, here we are ~ Crazy, but we're here! ;o)

We've been crazy busy this week. Mister has been eating alot of his allergens since he was going to his eval on Friday. I was afraid he'd be so good that they wouldn't notice his issues. Well, what ended up happening was on Thursday during pre-school, Mister got very tired, almost lethargic. He went and layed down in the middle of class. Mr. Aaron said he kept getting all sweaty but he had no temp. From that point on, I didn't allow him to eat anything he wasn't suppose to and within 24 hours we started to see the difference, by Saturday morning he was all back to normal. Goes to show how important the right foods are to each person.

So, Friday, his eval at the Melmed Center. OMG! I never thought I'd feel so comforted. I suppose I didn't realize it until after I left and had to step into the real world again. Other parents there knew when my son needed to remove ALL of his clothes to get a diaper change, or when he was adamant about turning off the bathroom light even tho someone was still in there. She said "its ok, we get it ~ thanks Max" ;o) In the real world, people would think you had a child who misbehaves and doesn't listen to his mom. In our world, that's just the way it is.

Dr. Jessani was fabulous. She was very reassuring and sypathetic to our families needs. We were there for about 1.5 hours. Mister played and made a mess while we started from the beginning, all the way to present day. All along she was watching him play. She also did a physical exam and then we placed him on a scale based on his abilities for motor, fine motor, speech and cognitive.

I don't remember exactly what the numbers were on the scale, but I do know that 1-30 was grey and designated "non-autistic", 30 to something was light blue and designated "high functioning autism", and then there was another category that was dark blue and designated "severe autism". Mister came in at a 36 "high functioning autism".

Now, the next step: The State of AZ isn't the best for paying out services. In order to get his therapy paid for, he must be diagnosed by an ADOS certified doctor. Turns out the Melmed Center has an ADOS certified doctor and there was a cancellation for Monday (this Monday) morning. This exam is not paid for by insurance as alot of tests and evaluations are not. Please pray for our needs in this area. So far we've been given the good fortune to be able to care for our children. I pray for that to continue!

So we will be going at 9:00 a.m. to meet with Dr. Chao at the Melmed Center. (9:00 to 11:00). Wish us luck!

Then. . . Saturday we got all dressed up and went to help celebrate Uncle Ron and Aunt Dara's Wedding celebration. I have got the most awesomest family! He's some pics to share. Both kids did very well walking down the isle. They each had an older "friend" to help them along the way.

Husband, Mister and Missy! Don't they look GREAT?

Missy and Madeline ~ how precious!

My girlie girl ~ Missy!