man, oh man...haha...life is...hmmm...quite crazy at the moment! More and more news comes in about our little guy! Today he had his first speech therapy appt....it went great! We are blessed again w/ an amazing "ryder team member". His speech therapist's name is Karen...and it so talented and great! She instantly heard Ryder's little voice, and said, oh that sound means he needs a barium (sp?) swallow test! to see if fluid's going to lungs....I laughed cuz we have that test ready to go already! She did an evaluation on him....finding out that this lil' guy has 3 thingswrong w/ his mouth! nuts...this kiddo is full of things to fix...hahaha!
His paletteis high, and extremely narrow....so narrow she said shes surprised he can even suck on a nipple. So she gave him props for sucking! that explains part of the weak suck...
Then, also he has extra hard tissue built up around that narrow area.....and he's kinda tongue tied....his skin that holds tongue down is shorter than it should be...so another surgery is in his near future....But he can handle it.
Karen was so happy though to see he's managed already to figure out how to eat with all that and weak trunk control....so this fun. Well I gotta get off the computer cuz he's getting fussy.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Posted by The Pages at 5:38 PM
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So let's consider Ryder like a classic car. He is a rare find and needs some T.L.C. to make him run with the best. The more work you put into him the more likely he is to be the best thing you ever did! Good luck when he goes into the shop for some professional work(surgery). I hear those Arizona mechanics (doctors and surgeons) are pretty good with special cars like Ryder.
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