At the Center

Iba ang naging behavior ni Gareth kapag nasa OT sya. Naririnig ng husband ko na minsan hindi sya sumusunod sa teacher at minsan sinigawan pa nya. Sabi naman ng teacher nya na most of the time sumusunod na sya pero hindi talaga maiwasan na ayaw syang sundin ni Gareth.

One time I asked him kung kumusta sya sa school, he replied "so harsh". Ayon... hindi nya nagustuhan pero wala syang magagawa kasi kailangan talaga nya ng Occupational Therapy.

So far happy naman kami sa result and hoping na mas madami pa syang matutunan.

School Time is coming and this week magpapaenroll na si Gareth. Nursery na sya! I am excited.

Gareth Milestone

It's been a month since Gareth attended OT. Ang daming naging improvement sa kanya. Marunong na syang kumain mag isa at natatawag na namin at nakikinig na sya. Dati kapag nasa restaurant kami mabilis sya mainip pero ngayon marunong na syang maghintay. Hindi na rin namin sya kailangang bigyan ng laruan habang naghihintay at nakakaya na talaga nya. Dati din kapag manunuod kami ng movie na kasama sya, hindi sya napapakali sa upuan. Ngayon nakaupo lang sya at nanunuod. Hindi ko lang alam kung naintindihan nya ang napanood nya kasi hindi sya katulad ng ibang bata na nagkwekwento ng napanood nya. Well, as long as he is behaving well, sobrang okay na sa amin yon.

Magaling na rin syang makisama sa kapatid nya. Ayaw na ayaw nyang nasasaktan ang baby girl namin at kung hawak ang favorite nyang laruan hindi na nya eto inaagaw. Kaya minsan nakakatuwang isipin na baka delay lang talaga at wala talagang autism. Sana nga lahat ng ito ay isang panaginip lang at sana isang araw paggising ko ay isang normal na bata na may maraming kwento.

Happy

Gareth attended OT twice and so happy for the result. He can now eat on his own. We don't need to spoon feed him. He can also do the "high five" and follow simple instructions. His next OT will be after the Holy Week.

So far the result is really noticeable and we are very happy. We will continue his therapy until he will truly recover and act as normal!

Thank you Lord for everything!

XOXO

Therapy Moment

So eto na, ready na kami sa therapy ni Gareth.

The Dev Pedia of Gareth refers us to Shine Intervention at Pasig City. Kahapon napuntahan na rin namin at maganda naman ang facilities. Okay na rin agad si Gareth sa place. Nagpaschedule na kami ng assessment nya sa OT and SPED.

Here's the details:

OT assessment: 2,000php

SPED assessment: 3,000php

OT per hour session: 600php

SPED per hour session: 625php

He needs 3 times a week SPED and 2 times a week OT.

We are praying for his fast development.

The Truth

We finally had our appointment and feels relieved that it was done. the diagnose is that he has Autism with Global Developmental Delay. During the test, Gareth didn't perform well. He is not cooperative and it really frustrates me.

Now we are ready for his therapy. The Dev Ped refers us to some experts and we will be meeting them next week. We are really willing to let him do all his therapies and will support all the way. The therapy is expensive but we are willing to risk everything. We are hoping that Gareth will perform well.

I will be updating more about his case here in the coming weeks but for now I will focus more on him and of course I will be deal with my depressions too.

It's depressing and frustrating in our part but we don't have a choice but to accept it and start the therapy soon.

That's all for now...

XOXO

Initial Testing

Finally nakapagset na rin kami ng schedule for initial testing kaya excited kami kanina na pumunta. Umabot din ng 1 hour ang initial testing. Hindi naman kasama si Gareth sa loob ng room, maraming tanong ang assistant ng Dev Pedia from the start na binuntis ko si Gareth at hanggang ngayon. May mga tanong about sa genetics, food intake, pregnancy and developments. Minsan kapag may tanong napapatulala ako kasi parang may ibang tanong na kailangan ko pang i-recall yong developments nya.

Ang final test nya nakasched on March 31 at sana meron mas maagang magcancel para mas mapaaga kami.

About his development, madami na syang sinasabi lately at mostly English. Hindi sya masyadong nagsasalita ng tagalog.

I also encourage him to talk, kung may gusto sya hindi ko na agad binibigay. Kinakausap na talaga namin sya ng madalas. Sana tuloy tuloy lang ang development nya.

Gareth at Enchanted Kingdom

We went to Enchanted to Celebrate Valentine's Day. Gareth is the one who enjoys most. He loves all the kiddie rides.

At the entrance.

UP UP and Away

He is really loving it.

That's it! I am looking forward for our next adventure.