Update

Last Friday was Galen's rescheduled MRI. It was really scary having him sedated. One minute he was wide awake screaming, and the next, he was unconscious. It went really well though and now we're just waiting on the results.

We started with Cole Pediatric Therapy yesterday. The speech therapist yesterday was surprised at how affectionate Galen was to me. They had me come in to discuss what they want to work with him on. The first 30 mins was OT and all he did was scream. Then for ST, he climbed on me and fell asleep, so nothing actually happened in that hour, except they talked to me. She was surprised how much I knew and that I was already in the "acceptance" phase of his Autism diagnosis. And that I'm fully aware that Galen's the same kid he always was. She commented that a lot of parents don't believe the diagnosis and won't accept it. Today Mazzu took Galen alone and he apparently did much better. He actually participated and watched the OT therapist today. He did a shapes in holes puzzle. And participated some during ST alone with the lady. Responded to "no" once and said something like "opps" when he dropped something and said "mama" at least once, then started crying, so they let him leave early. They got home when his ST was supposed to be just ending, so only like 10-15 mins early, but he did much better today. And it was only day 2. So here's hoping it'll really help him!

He has an audiology testing on Monday, but we'll probably have to get him sedated for it, but they have to try without it first. The ST yesterday agreed with me that that's probably how it will be because that's how it usually happens with Autistic kids. But it's also hard to distinguish between Autism and hearing loss/deafness at 2 1/2 she said. I still think his hear's fine, but best to get him checked out to confirm it.