Understanding Words

This morning, I heard Raquel starting to wake up in her room. I love when everyone is still sleeping and I'm able to be with Raquel alone when things are nice and quiet. I was laying there with her, giving her little kisses and said, "I love you." She gave me a slight smile, and I asked her if she knew what it meant when I said that to her. She nodded her head yes and gave me a big grin. Then I said, "And you love Mommy, right?" She continued to smile and then began lightly stroking my face. I am convinced that she understands words and the time I had with her this morning was very rewarding.

We have our next neurological follow-up tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to getting Dr. Mower's input. I've also spoken with our insurance company and they have confirmed that they will accept a therapy authorization from him instead of Raquel's primary pediatrician (since she refused to sign the paperwork.) Once they get his authorization, I will receive a list of local speech and occupational therapists that I can choose from, and then it's as simple as calling them and scheduling the appointment. I'm hoping to have her in weekly speech sessions and then OT every other week. I've also left a message with Regional to see how I go about getting my copayments reinbursed because those will add up pretty quickly.

I still haven't decided what to do with her regarding school. I know Dr. Mower won't recommend keeping her in the orthopedic class tomorrow when we see him, but it's so hard to find a "place" for her. This morning I was talking to Mike about it and mentioned putting her in the daycare down the street. He quickly reminded me that I can't even handle her at times and that she needs a special kind of place with special kind of people working there. If anyone knows of such a place, or where I can find one, please let me know.

Raquel continues to be the most difficult at the 10:30am time slot. I still think it might be a blood sugar thing and am curious as to what her neurologist will have to say about it. This past weekend wasn't the best and I had a really hard time redirecting her. And the hitting and scratching and biting was back. I should own stock in makeup concealer by now. :-) But she continues to grow and progress and overall, I'm very pleased with the results of the medication. We'll see what recommendations Dr. Mower has tomorrow. Wish us luck!