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well tuesday i have to take ben in agian to get another test for his white blood cell count, hopefully all will be good agian, then i can rest easy for awhile, until the test in the next month......

thanks Panda and Monkey. mrgreen

monkey: i hope the bday goes well for you. you'll have to let me know that goes. that's funny and cute that he hides from other kids. he sounds really shy. i have not heard of a recessing p***s, and i am sorry. i hope you find some info on that soon and that all will be well.

as for my husband and i, we are good. right now i'm trying to figure out where we are goign to live at for the summer. my husband has a job working for the district attorney general's office, and that's located in another city, about 2 hours from us. so im really worried about finding a place for us to live for the summer. then when the summer ends, he'll be back in school, and i'll be due for the second kid around that time, aug 21.

i'm really scared. i've been through the whole birthign thing, by c-section, but i'm scared all over agian. i would have thought that since i've been through this, it would not have been worrying. gonk

how are you doing?

I held off till eric was 4 because he just didnt seem ready. It's sad when they go off but its kinda nice too. The last 2 weeks i was pregnant were hell. Just going to the bathroom needed a 3 hour nap afterwards xD It was nice because those last 2 weeks was when eric started a summer readiness program and was gone 4 hours a day.... i napped XDDDD Eric is doing really good. He's going to a bday party sat and he has his bday at chuck e cheese on the 12th so he's all excited. Alec has ANOTHER sinus infection. The 3rd in 2 months. Everytime he finishes an antibiotic BOOM another one Dx so they put him on a stronger one which he had a bad reaction to so now he's on a different one. We saw ENT and one tube is blocked so he has to have additional ear drops to try and clear it. We go back in about 3 months and if he's still mouth breathing and having sinus issues (which he's had since birth) then his adnoids come out gonk Poor kid...and he was suppose to be the healthy one! I was suprised to know that its almost impossible to kids to have sinus infections before 1-2yrs ...according to his doc. Thats why theyrer taking it so seriously. From being sick all the time his balance is really off so he's falling behind with sitting crawling standing ect he just sorta falls over lol. ANYWHO Let us know how everyone is doing and wether its a boy or girl!

I hope that everyone is doing well. We are doing good here. Ben is still not walking yet, but I know he's close. As for self feeding, we are getting there. Some days are of course better then others. Sometimes, he likes me to feed him and refuses to hold the spoon and scoop his food. xd I am still getting his white blood cells checked everything month because the levels are not normal, but they lately they've been getting better. He recently had a thyroid test done, and everything came back fine on that.

I won't be on much during the summer. My husband and I are leaving this afternoon to visit families in Montana for a week. Then we will be moving to Des Moines, IA for the summer because my husband has a job working for the iowa attny general. I have no idea if we will get internet access over the summer or not. I will be back here when we return in Aug so I can have my baby here at home. Ben also starts school at the end of Aug, so life will be intresting.

I wish you all the best of luck and you all will be in my thoughts and prayers. Thanks for all the support out there. I appreciate it. I will come on and let everyone know when I'm back, so please don't kick me out of the guild. I will return in August, sooner if I have internet access over teh summer. heart

I too have a couple special needs kids.

Galen, my oldest (he's 10), was diagnosed with ADHD about 6 years ago. As seems to often be the case, over the years more problems have shown up. He is currently diagnosed (in addition to the ADHD) with OCD, ODD, Mood Disorder NOS, and Sensory Intergation issues. He's had numerous issues in school, and, if it weren't for an absolutely fabulous EBD teacher, would have been kicked out in 1st grade. As frustrating as his behavior's are, we at least understand what is going on with him.

Lexi (she's 5) we're still not certain what the problem is. It started off as a bunch of little things that were just weird or not quite right. After awhile when we started to add them all up we came to the conclusion that we just couldn't ignore it anymore. What was/is causing us concern? Well, there is a whole list of things (though some of them we don't see anymore) that range in intensity of concern:
*Her hair has never grown right. Even at five years old, and after at least two hair cuts, it is still baby fine and extremely thin. In three years time it grew a total of maybe two inches.
*The dentist has informed us that she is completely missing one of her teeth. I guess this is a genetic thing and is not completely unheard of, but fairly uncommon.
*Loud noises completely frighten her. She covers her ears and tries to get away from them or screams until they are gone. This is improving slightly...we've finally gotten her to the point where she will flush the toliet.
*When she gets really upset she has, in the past, either soiled herself or thrown up. When she was around a year old she would take her diaper off and smear her poop all over...and then get very upset when she realized there was poop on her hands.
*She used to see things. The two most common things were bugs and "the guy". We still aren't sure who the guy was but she'd see him in her bedroom window or across the street when there was no one there.
*For awhile there she would have whole days at a time where she would not open her mouth.
*Her speech is definately way behind where it should be. Her 3 year-old sister talks better then she does and has for at least two years now.
*She started having migraines shortly before she turned two years old. They have subsided somewhat in recent months but when she gets them they are bad.
I think that is about all. We've had testing done on her and so far nothing conclusive has shown up. She had a MRI for the migraines (nothing unusual found), blood work for rare genetic diseases (nothing), and numerous mental health assesments (initially they said PDD, then they thought autism, now they are thinking nothing except maybe some ODD). She has been in speech therapy for two years now and was attending a special education classroom this past year. And now we are kind of at a stand still...though we have been told that was should meet with a geneticist to see if there is any other testing we should be doing. It is frustrating.

My other two children are fine (except some physical health concerns with my oldest daughter). I can honestly say that it is exhausting raising four kids, especially with two special needs children.

Welcome. Don't give up. Kepp pushing and getting second opinions. Because eventually there will be one doctor who will go "hmm" and figure it out. Good luck and hope the kids are well.

Welcome! Your right every child is special in their own way. Look forward to getting to know you better. My son has some hearing loss in his ears too. It can be difficult when your trying to get their attention. How are they doing?