Guest guest Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 2 months ago I sat in a lovely hotel in the DR exhausted from the long day that we had just been through. I was overwhelmed with emotions, hoping and praying we saw just any signs of improvement that we could garner from the transplant my son had just had .. 2 months ago ... I didn't know what to expect .. Since that day my son has : 1. become fully 100 percent toilet trained and completely independant with the routine of wiping too! 2. started talking in sentences more and more with each passing day... still an area of weakness ... but has made huge gains! 3. started saying complete words rather than just approximations of words ... 4. Has been making request for what he wants to do .. 5. Has started acknowledging people by calling them by name . 6. Has started making request for what he would like to eat/drink. 7. Is independantly now putting together 45 piece puzzles. 8. Is playing appropriately now with a handful of toys(didn't play with anything before ..) 9. Is reading along with books and requesting books be read to him. 10. Is independantly running his IPAD and its programs now ... even turning on his IPOD section to listen to his praise and worship music, pausing it, choosing different songs to listen to. 11. Is independently praying each evening, saying each word. 12. Is singing more and more praise and worship songs ... loving music. 13. Is participating in praise and worship time at church, clapping his hands, standing when requested by the pastor ... etc. 14. Has written his name for the first time ever independantly. 15. Is beginning to spell simple 3 letter words. 16. Is beinning to name shapes, numbers, colors, letters 17. Dresses himself now with about 70 percent accuracy (always before didn't care ...) 18. Is eating far far neater ... not making huge messes like before ... 19. Is sleeping longer and going to sleep easier .. 20. Is acknowledging good-bye and hello greetings and saying them. 21. Is learning to follow 2 and 3 step commands, rather than just 1 step commands. 22. Is interacting more with his puppy ... actually wanting to pet him etc. 23. Is willing to wear sunglasses and a ball cap to keep the sun out of his eyes. 24. Is expressing things like Sun hurts my eyes .. 25. Is enjoying movies ... actually repeating lines from them and giggling at appropriate times ... 26. Is now mostly independant with bathing, brushing teeth, shaving etc.... whereas before we had to do those things for him ... now we just have to make sure he does it thouroughly. 27. Is givning awesome eye contact. 28 . Is wanting to play games with us and participate in family activities. 29 Is much easier to redirect if angry and reason with ... seems to understand cause/effect so much more. 30. Is reading some simple words .. whew ... and that is just what I can easily think of without taking much time. I know there is so much I have left out ... Melinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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