3/3/08

I TOOK COLBY AND THE GIRLS TO THE PARK TODAY AFTER SCHOOL. THERE WERE LOTS OF KIDS THERE. I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO WATCH HIM CLOSELY, AND WAS SCARED THAT HE WOULD HURT ANOTHER CHILD. INSTEAD, HE DID THE OPPOSITE. COLBY DIDN’T INTERACT WITH ANY OTHER CHLDREN. HE ACTED AS IF THEY WEREN’T EVEN THERE, JUST WALKING PAST, ALMOST OBLIVIOUS TO THE COMMOTION.  HE WOULD RUN FROM EQUIPMENT PIECE TO PIECE AND NOT PLAY. HE WOULD STAND, STARE INTO SPACE AND TALK TO HIMSELF. WHEN SPOKEN TO, HE WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE ME, THOUGH VERY FLAT AND AS IF HE JUST WOKE UP. HE WOULD IGNORE CHILDREN THAT SPOKE TO HIM. HE WOULD RUN OVER ANYONE IN HIS WAY, AS IF THEY DIDN’T EXIST, NEVER EVEN NOTICING THAT HE TOUCHED OR HURT SOMEONE.  read more »

COLBY’S PROGRESS

3/3/08 - HISTORY

I’M STARTING THIS JOURNAL TO HELP ME REMEMBER WHAT I NEED TO TELL THE DOCTORS AND THERAPISTS. SOMETIMES HE IS SO OVERWHELMING THAT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO EXPLAIN, I JUST GET OVERLOAD AND CAN’T REMEMBER THINGS THEY SHOULD KNOW.

COLBY WAS DIAGNOSED ALMOST A YEAR AGO WITH PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENT DISORDER, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED (PDD, NOS); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; AND DEVELOPING BI-POLAR DISORDER. HIS IQ TEST SHOWED HIM TO BE "SUPERIOR" IN KNOWLDGE, BUT HE HAD MANY ISSUES WHICH NEEDED ADDRESSED.

IT WAS A LONG AND ARDUOUS PROCESS IN WHICH I FELT LIKE I WAS THE ONLY ONE ADVOCATIONG FOR MY CHILD.

BUT I FINALLY SUCCEEDED AND SINCE THEN  HAS A WHOLE REGIMIN WE FOLLOW. HE SEES AN OCCUPATIONAL AND SPEECH THERAPIST WEEKLY, A BEHAVIOR THERAPIST (PSYCHOLOGIST) WEEKLY AND A PSYCHIATRIST MONTHLY. HE HAS BEEN PLACED ON RISPERDAL (ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATION) AND HAS HAD 4 DOSE INCREASES.  read more »