Day 1 Speech Therapy

Two weeks ago, I would have never guessed I would be making a post about speech therapy assessments, but here I go. This whole thing continues to be entirely surreal. I keep wanting to wake up from this very bad dream, but I need to come to the acceptance that it is just part of our new reality for now.

Speech therapy - Michael did well with his assessment today. He verbalized all the pictures his therapist showed him. He has problems with writing, seeing letters (seeing anything, really, due to the constant double vision), and using his voice. He is not very conversational, but when you ask him something he will reply. We have to remind him to speak louder, and he tries so hard.

The funniest exchange of the day was during lunch, after his pathologist left, in the loudest voice I had heard all day, he said "she's hot." Jake and I cracked up! Truly though, she is a super cute, late 20s something. I'm hoping he tries to dazzle her with his awesomeness. She was patient, kind, and spoke to him with so much respect. ❤

As a whole, Megan seemed to be pleased with his baseline scores on most tests. We look forward to therapy with her next week for a total of 30-45 min. per day.

So far she is our favorite!

The therapists have the weekends off, so the boys and I will visit, just hang out, and show M how much he is loved.

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