Sunday, August 9, 2009

Weekly Update -- 20 - 26 July 2009

Yay, I'm 133 weeks old today!

Masinja went for a speech evaluation this week. It didn't go very well because the appointment was at one o'clock which is right in the middle of nap time. He didn't really cooperate at all with the speech therapist. She gave him some toys to play with and asked T.M. and I a series of questions. Once we finished that portion, she showed Masinja some pictures in a book and tried to get him to tell her what was in each picture. Masinja was more interested in playing with the toys :o) He pretty much threw three temper tantrums in the span of ten minutes! We have to take him back next week to finish the evaluation. Hopefully that portion will go much better.

Masinja went to the ophthalmologist for a checkup this week. He had to have his eyes dilated this time because he didn't have it done last time. The doctor basically did so in order to check Masinja's prescription. He was pleasantly surprised and so were T.M. and I. Even though Masinja has grown quite a bit in the last 6 months, his vision hasn't changed at all. It hasn't improved, but it hasn't gotten worse either!

Masinja had his 19th ECI session this week. We discussed his speech evaluation and talked about some strategies to use at home to help improve his language skills.

That's all for now.

Peace,
T.M.M.

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