Doug had another appointment with Dr. Prieto his cardiologist. She has been concerned about his heart rhythm. When they have him on an EKG he has some quick heart beats, since he has been on the Beta Blocker it has been less often, yet she wanted to get a full day of heart history on him. She sent him home with a full monitor that will record his heart information for a full 24 hours. He now has three monitors.
If she is happy with the outcome of the halter monitor, she will not have to see him for six months. This would be ideal. She said outside of his heart rhythm, which is a minor concern, his heart is in good shape. All of his repairs have been a great success. We of course are grateful to hear that.
We are very excited and happy that Doug has been excepted into the Early Childhood Toddler Program at the Westside Early Childhood Center. This is a program specifically designed by the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities for children under the age of three who have physical and mental developmental delays. This is fantastic for Doug as it gets him out of the house and exposed to other children with varying degrees of disabilities. They will not only do his therapy there, but will also be playing and learning to act in a social environment. We have been to a few of the 'Play Groups' that they have at the center and I have been impressed with how well they work with the children.
So instead of five different therapists coming to the home two times a month each. Doug will be picked up at home and transported to the Early Childhood Developement Center in Westlake where he will be in therapy and preschool classes every Thursday and Friday from 10AM - 4PM. This will give him twice a week therapy in ALL disciplines. We will no longer have therapists at the home and this program is FREE. Let's face it FREE is my favorite four letter word. I can not think of anything that you can put free in front of and make it worse. This saves us and our insurance company thousands of dollars in costs a year.
The school starts 9/9/10 and runs the entire school year. Doug has been on the waiting list for this program since January, and we are thrilled that he has been accepted.
Not to be out done, Bob will be going to daycare starting around the same time. He will be in the Tuesday and Wednesday morning class from 9:15AM - 11:15AM. Cathy and I are very happy that he is going to be exposed to more children. He has become more and more shy around people he doesn't know and we hope that this will help to bring him out of his shell and make him more social with other children.
We will try to update on Doug's condition and I will be posting some new pictures of the boys soon. Thanks for all the support and prayers. They have done wonders for all of us.
Jim
