May 17, 2017 Preschool Graduation Last night, Josiah graduated from preschool. He is super excited to be a kindergartener! Graduation went wonderful, even with all the applause! I did have him wear his headphones, and they worked great. He was as happy as could be going up on stage to get his certificate, and then […]
February 2017 Medical Update
It’s been a busy month, medically speaking. February 1st – CP Clinic This is a clinic where Josiah sees a team of doctors and therapists. He saw Occupational, Physical & Speech therapists, a nutritionist, pediatrician, orthopedic surgeon, and his rehabilitation doctor. The therapies are all going well and we are going to continue with what […]
Navigating the World of Vision Impairment
A few days into the year, Josiah had an eye evaluation from a specialist from MO School for the Blind. I’m overwhelmed with all the information that’s been coming my way since then. We learned some interesting things about Josiah’s vision during the evaluation. In short, there were two main things we will be adding to […]
December 2016 MRI
December 8, 2016 Josiah and I were up at 4:30 yesterday to make granola bars for breakfast. He wasn’t able to eat or drink after 6, but since he woke up extra early, I took advantage of getting him some food and drink while he still could! We dropped Grace off at school and the […]
Coffee, Toothpaste, & Nerfing
I have time to blog today!!! Nathan and I are in Lexington, Kentucky this week at the International Conference on Missions (ICOM). We left early (3am) Wednesday morning to help set up Pioneer Bible Translators’ booth. They actually take up multiple booth spaces, but the display is pretty cool. Today, we don’t have anywhere to be […]
October 2016 Medical Update
Hello again! I’ve not completely given up on writing, it’s just not been my top priority lately. Between moving, getting settled, adjusting to the routine of our new middle schooler, additional therapies and preschool schedule, keeping up with homeschooling, along with the daily cooking, cleaning and laundry, it’s been a crazy few months. However, things […]
Growth Hormone Shots
It’s been about six weeks since Josiah started his growth hormone shots. The Shot: We call Josiah’s growth hormone shot a “pen poke” because it’s not like a shot or vaccine you get at the doctors office. It’s actually a pen that automatically dispenses his dose for us. We put a new needle on the pen […]
July 2016 Photos
I wasn’t able to get pictures posted when I gave my Quick Update, so here’s a fun post with photos to show what all we’ve been up to lately! 4th of July Josiah doesn’t like fireworks, so he stayed inside, but the other kids had fun! Grace’s Haircut She donated to Children with Hair loss […]
Quick update July 2016
Wow you guys! So much has happened since I last updated at the end of June. I’ll sum it up for now, and hopefully give more details in posts to come. (You know, in all that free time I seem to have!) 🙂 Last week of June: During the last week of June, Samuel was […]
More Appointments
Well this was a long week filled with appointments! Here’s a quick rundown from our week: Monday – 2 hour interview with neuropsychologist. (Mostly Nathan and I visiting with the Dr.) Tuesday – 2 hour testing with neuropsychologist (Josiah was tested while Nathan and I waited in the waiting room.) We will discuss the results July […]