Update

This week we got Ricky's pre-K "IEP". He has shown progress in his fine motor skills and major progress in his gross motor skills. He has also started talking up a storm! The teacher loves the little chats they have at playtime. Finally, the IEP stated that he is probably not emotionally ready for kindergarten. They're pretty sure that, given his attention span, he'd have a hard time staying interested in group activities. He will be 5 on November 26 so it was touchy anyway, but that pretty much settles it.

Ricky is going to be starting up speech therapy again most likely, probably through the local school district. The pediatrician had so much trouble understanding him at his 4 yo appointment that she recommended he start (he had it from 2 to 3 and then we were told he didn't need it anymore, which I knew was BS). I want to get him assessed and enrolled (the papers are the same ones they use for kindergarten, so I guess it's a little "practice") before the school year is out. It's going to be difficult to do but I'd like to be ready to start in fresh for speech therapy in the fall.

At the 4 year old appointment the pediatrician noticed that he has a lazy eye... Something the ENT doc noticed previously and the pulmonologist noticed later on. No one had EVER noticed it before so it's got to be a new thing. Something else to worry about! So we are going to get that taken care of, too. He will see an ompthamologist in May.

Ricky was hospitalized for 11 days for a CF tuneup in February and had sinus surgery in March. Since his sinus surgery, his whole attitude has changed. While we still have what I call "whiney moments", he seems so much happier, content, and BOY DOES HE HAVE AN APPETITE! It's great! What a change I see in him, those sinuses were probably giving him so much pain and discomfort and now he is doing so much better. Any doubts I had about the surgery are SO far gone!