Some new photos

                                                  The many different faces of Benaiah.

Tiger update

Walmart still hasn't found Roar.  I am beginning to think that either the store is very dirty or someone walked off with him.  But that doesn't matter now as Linn Drug had this tiger for cheap. So I now introduce to you Benaiah's New Roar Oasis.  He is cute and Benaiah loves him so much.  Benaiah's eyes just sparkled when I handed him it at home.  Now I can relax knowing Benaiah has his tiger that he needs.

The Lost Tiger and Surgery is scheduled

Well Benaiah did it, he lost his beloved Roar in Walmart. We are praying it shows up.  

He is going to need his tiger on Tuesday.  His surgery is scheduled for 11:30 am Tuesday morning.  Please pray that all goes well.

 

I am slacking

Sorry about not posting.  Life is busy, we went to the Zoo last week.  Benaiah has started outpatient therapy and he is doing really good.  He needs dental surgery for some major cavities and he will be having surgery for a circumcision on Tuesday. He did well at the dentist and let them take xrays of his teeth but it gagged him and I asked that they fix his teeth under sedation so he won't be scared of the dentist.  His cavities are from drinking sweet drinks and the only thing I can figure that he drinks sweet is the tea in Ukraine. I am praying that he handles the anesthesia ok.  He has been a blessing in that he now knows his colors in sign and can say some of the words.  He still does not talk in sentences. But he loves life, is usually sweet and loving.  He picked out his Birthday Cake and this is what he picked.

So next Friday we will celebrate his 4th birthday.  Mom is cruel though and scheduled OT for him that morning.

Update and new evals

So the school messed us around and gave us summer school, a whole 2 weeks for speech and so I went back to Benaiah's dr and asked for outpatient services.  Benaiah is qualified for 2 sessions of ot and speech a week and one of pt.  He is doing good in gross motor and is only 10-15 mons delayed and the pt promised to work on falling so he will learn to not bounce his face off the ground.  He has gained some months in speech and is now 1 yr 9 mons in expressive and 2 yrs 3 months  in receptive.  He is still very delayed as he was 47 months old when tested.  He is saying more words now but not complete sentences.  He also will copy you and I hope sometime it will click.  Last week he was really into his signing times dvds and he sat and watched them for a long time.  Since then, I have seen more signs. His speech therapist though does not want him learning signs and I told her that he says words with his signs.  He actually picks up some new words.  She agrees though that he is locked in his body.  The orthopedic dr turned into a flop so we are being referred to Children's.  I will not waste time in Columbia any more nor will I recommend them to anyone. Tomorrow we head to the Zoo.

update on therapy

Since the school decided Benaiah did not need therapy and his doctor did not believe that she sent us for outpatient therapy.  We did the evals yesterday and Benaiah did not do good on speech or ot, but did fairly well in pt.  So the plan is that we do speech 2 times a week and pt one time a week.  His hemiplegia is so mild that we missed the fact that his ankles are very tight, so stretching is necessary and also the leg length difference is causing problems in his back.  We go to the Orthopedic doctor next Tuesday.

Golf and swimming

Benaiah did really good on this trip.

He was an indian at the College of the Ozarks

He quacked like a duck on the ducks

And he golfed. His form was pretty good.

Our favorite was ice cream though. Well, besides swimming.

During Family Feud he had a cook out with Silas.

We ended up swimming every day and we went mini golfing.  We took Benaiah with last night and he impressed me with how well he could golf.  Here are some pics of golfing and ice cream. He never fails to impress me.  Thank you Lord for Benaiah.