Taking the Scenic Route

Zach’s mom is doing really well.  She is eating and has been moved to a normal room.  Yeah!

Zane’s MRI and sedation went reasonably smoothly today.  Now, we just wait for the results, which should come by the end of the week.  I don’t know how long it will take to get the results from the blood work.  He was awake enough from the sedation to be able to go to speech therapy this afternoon.  He was a little off, but not too bad.  The therapist knew what was going on, so she was sensitive to the fact he might not be 100% today and adjusted accordingly.

We got a call today that an OT slot finally opened up.  It is only once a week, but at least it is something.

I think we may go ahead and do the sedated hearing test so we can be a bit more sure that his hearing isn’t the problem.  He is talking more and I want to know if his pronunciations are just because of inmaturity or because he isn’t hearing things quite right.  I suspect that it is more along the lines of inmaturity, but since he won’t cooperate for the typical test, this would give us better insight to what is going on.

Zach has a final tomorrow, then the major pressure of this semester is over for him.  He still has to create the test for next Monday for the class he teaches, and then grade it, but that isn’t as intense as taking tests.

The pressure is going down, although I still can’t wait until this week is finished.  I am not as worried about Friday after seeing him handle sedation today.  He didn’t have any bad reactions or freak out, which is something that is always a bit nerve-wracking the first time a person is given meds like that.