I have been slack again about posting. The past few days have been busy and very tiring. Big A went to the pediatrician for her 5 year check up on Wednesday afternoon-- the appointment took 2 1/2 hours! I also brought Little A along for the ride -- probably not the best decision... she got very restless and fussy towards the end. Poor Big A got 3 vaccines-- I had warned her that she would get 2, but I didn't know about the 3rd. She also got blood taken and had to provide a urine sample. Needless to say, she was not too happy at the end of the appointment.
The big surprise of our visit came when she failed her hearing test!! They rechecked it, and she failed again. Then they did a tympanogram and she failed that too. Her left ear was worse, but she failed the test in her right one too. The doctor said that he did not see any fluid, wax, or inflammation in either ear- he wants her to come back for a retest in 6 weeks. If she fails on that visit, she will be referred to an audiologist. She claims she can hear just fine, but "things don't sound as loud in my left ear". A few months ago, I noticed that she seemed to be suddenly speaking a lot louder, and sometimes would misunderstand what I was saying. I thought at that time that I should get her hearing checked, but of course I put it off and forgot to ever mention it to her pediatrician. I did ask her teachers at that time if they thought she had any trouble hearing and they said no. They were both very surprised when I told them about the test the next day... they said that they did notice that she talks rather loud, but they never have to repeat anything to her. She always appears to hear everything just fine. Well, I guess we will see what happens when she gets retested.
Dr. Colton also gave me a referral for occupational therapy and a child psychologist to try to deal with her behavior issues. Although, of course, she has been doing very well at school for the last week or so. I already made the appointment for the psychologist---she wants to meet with me alone first to discuss what has been going on with Big A (I guess). I am sure that she will take one look at me and say " Oh, I can see what the problem is already... it's all your fault." Especially after I open my mouth and start talking! :)
Meanwhile, Little A has developed the habit of carefully inspecting the chairs at school before she sits in them. If there is one single crumb or stain, she must first have the chair cleaned or she won't sit in it at all. She has also taken this practice to the stores--now she must inspect the shopping carts before she picks one worthy of sitting in. I may have a little "Monk" on my hands. Poor little "D", what will he think-- coming to a strange country and being surrounded by one sister who frequently goes into Hysterics, another sister who has OCD, and a mother who is always unorganized and running late! Despite having cerebral palsy and being raised in an institution, he will very likely be the most normal of my children--after all, he doesn't have any of my genes!!! He got lucky on that one! :)
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