Simon Peters

Simon has had a fantastic couple of weeks.  We started using his c-pap again about 3 weeks ago and it has made such a difference in his waking and alertness.  He is practically awake all by himself at 6:30 when I go in to get him.  Then he is alert and doing good through breakfast and the rest of the day.

At school, he has been working extra hard--spending up to 1 hour (divided) in standers (2 different kinds), prone/tummy-time, all-fours.  He's starting to drink better from a cut-out cup.  He's been happy and smiley.  We had his IEP Wednesday and they all love him; he's still almost the youngest one in the school.

He is just the picture of joy.  Smiles and contentment and love.

                     Isn't he adorable??

We went to the audiologist and the ENT today.  Ranjani (audiology and one of our favorite specialists) tested his hearing aided.  He came in at about 25-30 db which is excellent. His responses to the sounds are getting better and more pronounced.

The ENT was very routine...they just wanted to check the tubes in his ears.  They are still doing very well and it's coming up on 3 years in June.  She said we had 2 options.  One to pull them and patch the eardrum, but pulling them prematurely could cause later problems, or Two, leave them in and hope a permanent hole doesn't ensue.  She thought in the left ear there was a very slight chance it could be trying to come out.  We'll just wait and see and go back in 6 months.

I'm SO glad the weather is shaping up.  I love to sleep with the windows open and I love to hear the peepers and the birds.    Drives Jim crazy.

Have a great weekend.

Gretchen