12mos...adjusted

Dawson is quickly approaching his 12month adjusted age date (July 26th) and this boy has had a GREAT week.

He had appointments every night this week...I would like to brag...er share with you.

Monday- Physical Therapy- Early on.
Beth is very impressed with his progress now that he is crawling and pulling himself to stand. He will even take a few, wobbly, steps if you hold his hands. He is very curious and is into EVERYTHING. But he gets so excited to explore and find new things, he is just so fun to play with. They couldn't believe he has come so far so fast. Just a few months ago, he was still a bit behind, but not anymore!!

Tuesday- Visual Therapy- Early on.
This appointment was a little sad, as it was Sue's last visit before retirement. We LOVE her! She is so great to work with. She too, very impressed with Dawson's quick improvements. He met all of his goals for this summer, eating baby food and less formula (ahem...THREE jars per meal!!) He is on his way into getting whole milk instead of formula, I'll appreciate that money back each month!! They feel he is really getting better at utilizing the vision he has, and is reaching and tracking for things. He is making due with his differences and making the necessary adjustments to get around them.

Wednesday- Physical Therapy- Sparrow Hospital
Dawson had his monthly evaluation, which is where they test him on formation and movements, stretches, muscle tone, you name it, they watch it. Dawson was in the 26th percentile for his adjusted age. He met all of his goals for 12month and is cruising ahead since he is already trying to walk. They actually want to drop his visits from once/week to once/month since he is doing so well and getting early on. They did an amazing job working with him, and I am certain we would not have caught up this fast without them.

We are going to look into some Occupational Therapy to work more with his small motor skills as he ages, but that will probably be with Early on.

Thursday- Ophthalmologist- Dr. Rao.
We actually made the decision to start seeing a different Optho. in the same office. We loved him! He was so nice, answered all of our questions and was able to get a good look at D without having to use the torture chamber. He sees a lot of improvement in his Left eye, it is not continuing to move more shallow. Vision is good, near-sightedness is fading and he is really starting to test and expand his visual range. They still cannot see into the right as it continues to heal from his last surgery, but they want to look again in about 2months, under anesthesia. This was such GREAT news.

Tonight we have a dinner with family in honor of our Great Grandmother (D's great-great Grandmother) who we lost this past week. She passed in her sleep after giving her family 101 AMAZING years. We know that she is in Heaven watching over us, and celebrating being with our other family members gone to soon. She already is and will continue to be terribly missed, We Love you Grandma Florida.

And tomorrow....VACATION!! I haven't quite mastered blogging from my phone yet, but I do know how to send photos from my phone to my blog, so expect some pics!!

Even though we are struggling with a loss this week, We are really praising God this week for answering our prayers and working miracles in our little dude. God is So GOOD!