One more week of summer

Almost 10 months home. Seems like a lifetime. I was watching another blog that the family is in Ukraine adopting a DS little boy now. I recognized the internat and it brought tears to my eyes to think that one year ago our little ones were walking that same pathway every day. Thanks God for bringing them home from that place.


Alyssa officially starts school one week from Monday. Can't believe that the summer is coming to a close and we are beginning another school year. Alyssa starts on the 27th of July, Jaryd starts on the 3rd of August, and Jacob and Kailyn start on the 10th of August. So off we go.

We have been doing some doctor visits over the Summer. Jacob is now wearing glasses and will have surgery on the 26th of August to correct his crossed-eyes. Both eyes will have to be done. He has also been to the Neurologist where we have gotten a diagnosis of possible mild Asperger's disease. We had already had thoughts that he had this problem. But, the doctor is doing some more testing. This week we had an EEG. We will get some blood work done on Monday and then back to the doctor for the results.


We also visited the doctor with Kailyn this week. We are starting some more testing to see why she has still not gained any weight. They are doing a test on Monday with some barium to watch her swallowing. She doesn't seem to be absorbing the nutrients from her food. We have done the calorie studies and she is getting enough calories. She eats plenty of food. We had an appliance put in her mouth this summer that is supposed to help with tongue thrusting. They are going to start on a more rigorous routine with the speech therapist. She is still using her tongue to eat not her teeth. She also finally has an appointment with the Endocrinologist. She has grown 3 inches, but not one pound different. I was reading someone else's blog about having a hard time finding clothes to fit, she is wearing size 6-12 month shorts and I still have to take darts. Will her butt ever get large enough to hold up her pants. The doctor decided to put Kailyn on a short acting medicine in the evening. Once her medicine has worn off she gets almost uncontrollable in the evening. We gave her the first dose yesterday and it made a huge difference. She is so tortured by the ADHD.


Jaryd is having some issues with control when the medicine is worn off. We are working to get him to learn control instead of more medication. He seems to respond when we talk to him about his behavior. This is a plus. I think it is time to increase his dosage, but I would like to wait until school starts.

Alyssa is still sailing along. She is ready for school. She learned a lot at VBS and continues to amaze us with her unselfishness.


We also went to see Dora the Explorer Live this week. The kids were pleasantly surprised. I didn't tell them until we were there at the theater. The sun was in Alyssa's eyes so the picture isn't the best. It was bright after coming out of the dark theater.