Yay, I'm 164 weeks old today!
Masinja had a pretty busy week. He had an Ophthalmology appointment on Monday. The good news is that his prescription hasn't changed. The bad news is that the doc said his vision is "wobbly." He didn't elaborate and I was a bit taken aback so I didn't really ask too many questions. He has to go back for another exam in June and have his eyes dilated which is a few months earlier than he would normally. We will be sure to ask lots of questions at that appointment!!
Masinja got to go to Parent's Day Out twice this week. T.M. had to go TDY to Hawaii and so I decided I could use a little extra "mommy" time. He really enjoys it though and he didn't even notice that I was gone! I guess separation anxiety isn't going to be a worry, at least not for Masinja. I on the other hand may need an intervention when it's time for him to start preschool!!
We got the results of Masinja's OT evaluation from last week. Right now he is functioning at a 15-month old level as far as his grasp is concerned and a 23-month old level as far as vision is concerned. His OT wasn't able to find his Sensory Profile so we are waiting to hear more on that. He will be going for OT once a week for about a year to work on various fine motor skills. This week he worked on stringing noodles. He got a bit frustrated with it because he just couldn't seem to get the string into the noodle. He tends to shut down when things are too hard for him and often yells. Typical 3-year old! His therapist also worked on trying to get him to draw horizontal and vertical lines. Masinja still has difficulty holding a crayon correctly and tends to just scribble all over the place. He seemed to really like the sound effects that his therapist made as she was trying to get him to draw the lines though so maybe that will motivate him. Lastly, she used Duplos and tried to get him to copy what she built with them. The Duplos are much harder for him to manipulate than the Mega Blocks that he has at home. He didn't do very well with this task but it wasn't a big surprise. His Speech therapist uses wooden blocks and has him copy what she builds. As I've mentioned before, Masinja has a really hard time with imitation and this task certainly falls into that category.
Last but not least, Masinja had his 29th ECI session this week. His teacher brought the school psychologist so she could do an evaluation. Based on what she saw and the information I gave her about Masinja's birth and subsequent medical history, the psychologist does not believe that he has autism. She said that most, if not all, of the "red flags" that have come up in the past few months could be explained by his grade IV brain bleed. I am going to get her copies of his cranial ultrasounds so she can determine which side the brain bleed occurred on and if it could indeed be the cause of the behaviors in question. We will certainly let you know what her conclusions are when we find out.
That's all for now.
Peace,
T.M.M.
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