Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Results

We had an appointment with a child psychiatrist today about Ben's lack of speech, and he's now been diagnosed with a mild autism. It's not so bad, but part of me is just shattered. Apparently, he should do very well with the right treatment (he really charmed the doctor), so now we wait for further evaluations and a mountain of meetings and appointments. The doctor said that daycare would be a good idea, ironic considering that we specifically wanted to avoid daycare because we thought that it would be better for our kids. Now we have to figure out how we manage to do meetings and appointments and afford (and find) the daycare and still take care of the baby and give her what she needs. I'm a little overwhelmed right now, I'm sure that it will sink in soon.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

{{{{{{{{{{ hugs }}}}}}}}}}}

Can they really diagnose autism at his age, or could it still turn out to be simply a delay in speech (like Einstein!)? Sending many happy thoughts your way, hon. xo

Anonymous said...

Bah, Ben's a good kid and he's just fine. Sometime he looks out, sometimes he looks in... he's more sanely balanced than most of the people I know.