The Ban is LIFTED!

Jack is feeling much better and is BACK AT SCHOOL TODAY!!!!!!!!  I am so glad that it didn't last too long.  I know he's going to love being back at school!!

Quarantined...

We've been "quarantined" by the Department of Heath!  Jack was pretty sick last week (high fever, lethargy, coughing, aching, sleeping, etc.) and home for the almost the entire week.  He began to feel better and went back to school on Monday only to end up with another fever and cough on Tuesday night.  Apparently 5 out of 8 kids in Jack's classroom were out this week all with flu-like symptoms.  This type of large absenteeism needs to be reported to the dept. of health.  So two rounds of blood work, a chest x-ray and a nasal swab later Jack is "fine" his nasal swab for the flu came back negative.  However (and I am unsure of the entire process/story) due to the fact that the other swabs of the other classmates may or may not have come back positive for the flu ALL of the samples are being sent to the CDC for further analyzing -- especially for Swine Flu!  So Jack is not allowed to return to school until further notice!  We are not worried about Jack having Swine Flu but part of me is a little freaked out!  He's still sick but better than yesterday and his fever's down with medicine and is in no way getting worse.  We just have to wait and see when they will allow him to go back to school.  It could be a day, a week, or a month!  I surely hope it's only a day ot two.  Anyone else with experience please weigh in here!

Morgan had been sick too but is totally better.  I hope both kids get well and stay well for a long, long time!

I will keep you posted!

EDITED TO ADD:  Blood work shows an high white count so we're starting a round of antibioitcs...more bloodwork next week...sheesh.

EDITED AGAIN: Fever is back up to 103 :(  He's hanging out on the sofa watching tv...

Time for an update!

I just wrote this message for our special parent support group and thought I would share it here as well!  Time has a way of slipping by and my blog and support group posts go unwritten...copied from specialparent.org

The kids are finally getting over their colds -- they were really sick last week! Unfortunately Jack lost SIX pounds and went from a solid 45 lbs to 39 lbs. It's been a while but I am back to super fattening recipes and drinks for our tiny man. That just plain stinks. It felt great to not worry about his intake as much. He had been solidly on the charts...let's hope he puts it back on quickly.

Jack is back at school today and I am trying to figure out where to start on all of my house work! (So of course I am online -- not starting house work, lol).

Jack turned SIX in March and Morgan just turned TWO at the end of April. We just had Jack's IEP meeting and it went very well. There were major issues with Jack's speech therapist (she was skipping sessions and piling all the kids in a large group and reading stories to them). I had the director of special education on my side and we now have it very specifically written that Jack get individual therapy and it's been increased from 30 min a week to 60 min a week. 

Jack has had a tough time lately with behaviors. They are increasing and we're at a loss. His neuro is dragging his feet and always seems to give the answer of "wait and see" in regards to behavior. Well it's almost a year with this neuro and I really want to find a doctor (neuro-psych or neuro-pharm to work closely with us). Our neuro is really great -- but mostly regarding seizures and CP not really wanting to deal with the behavior issues. So my mission in the next few weeks is to find another doctor to add to our team.

Jack had botox a few months ago and is doing well -- although it's beginning to wear off slightly. We go for another eval/follow up this week.

Both kids are growing and changing! Morgan has taken off at lightening speed as far as development goes. She walks, runs, jumps, climbs, eats anything and everything, talks all the time and blows me away with the words she picks up on a daily basis including not so nice phrases like "Oh POOP" with a hand motion and all...she can count to 10 and recognize the alphabet on sight. She knows her colors and did I mention this all feels like it's happening SO FAST?

Our adoption is coming along! We finished our homestudy back in April and we're working on getting approval from immigration. We hope to have all of our paperwork in Ethiopia by August. Then we'll be officially waiting for our child....

I am sure there are HUGE chunks I am forgetting! I cannot wait to read how all of you and your kids are doing!!!!! Give them all a great big hug from me.