While at Middler camp in June of 07' Jennifer called Children's Hospital to make an appointment for Caleb. The first available for this type of observation was Thursday, January 17th. It finally arrived. We left the house around 8 am and dropped Lauren off at her Grandma Bell's. Jen, Caleb and I headed toward town.
We arrived at Children's around 9:30 am. What an awesome place. We are very blessed to have this hospital in our back yard. From the minute we arrived, they were helpful and concerned. The nurses, doctors, residents were all very personal and professional. They called Caleb "Prince" because he was so charming. He did great! We were at the Hospital until after Noon. I will give you an idea what they said in a moment.
One of the reasons that caleb was so good was the BRIBE! We promised
if he was good, he loves shrimp. He wanted to sit by himself in his booth and to completely order his lunch himself. He did an incredible job. We had a wonderful lunch and finally headed back to Grandma Bell's.Thanks to everyone for your prayers and genuine concern. We don't know much more than we did, but at least we are making progress. Following a lot of questions and observation they confirmed our belief that Caleb is most likely somewhere in the "Autism Spectrum". We are looking at Asburgers (sp?) Syndrome or possibly Non Verbal Learning Disorder. It could be one of these, a mix of these or none of these. It could be simply a large anxiety problem. We have scheduled 3 other appointments over the next 3 months and will be scheduling a couple more. By May of 08' (almost a year from starting this) we should have a good idea and a direction for Caleb to move.
Another piece of good news. Last week Caleb's school (JF BURNS) in the Kings School District agreed that Caleb had enough delays to start the process of an IEP (Individual Educational Program) even without any diagnosis. We are praising God for this. If you are looking for a great, awesome, caring, personal, incredible school district to move into, I highly recommend the Kings School district and especially JF BURNS!We will keep everyone updated. Thanks for your prayers and love!
B OUT!