It's the first week of March....

Just thought I would write a bit while I have a second. I have been doing some soul searching...trying to figure out how much/what progress has been made over the past year. It's with mixed feelings that I write that it has been just over a year that we have been treating Xan biomedically. On one hand, I realize that he's made lots of improvements. On the other hand, I realize that he is not fully recovered. Once you start treating, you get so anxious!! He is now able to look at the TV and tell me everything that is going on..what happened, etc. I remember back in Sept., I had asked him what happened and he said that the character on Wubzy was "so sad." When I asked him why, he said "He ate a bunch of cake." I remember I felt frozen. I could not believe that we just had some back and forth interactions and he was telling me WHY somebody felt that way. I was blown away. NOW, that stuff is common. He can tell you play by play what is happening. It has been about 5 mos. since that happened. Also, around the same time, he said "Awww..Tyce, don't cry. Awww...it's ok." And I thought I was going to pass out right then and there. Now, it is not uncommon for him to say these things.

I also want to post some things he is and is not doing right now so I can track progress in the future. He is bossing Tyce around sometimes "No crawling Tyce!" "Get my hand,Tyce!" He likes to pick him up and wrap his arms around him and Tyce gets so mad! He will tell me "Mama, Tyce is crying!" When I ask him why, he will say he wants some milk, wants a carrot (if he recently saw him eating carrots) or things like that. He LOVES playing the Wii with Chris. He automatically knows what buttons to push for certain things and will push several in a row. He now wants daddy to lay down with him at night instead of me!

He still does have meltdowns from time to time...tends to be when it is "his turn" to do something. He loves to run and laugh/chase with kids, but has issues with normal conversation. Might say something like "Come back!" or "Don't worry! I'll save you!" or things like that. Nothing too deep though. He has issues with eye contact with other children and still has auditory processing issues and doesn't understand some concepts after being told.

More later....