Some may remember the thread awhile back when I discussed Mite's difficulties with balance and such.
Well, bless Debbie, we took her advice and got a SIPT (snesory integration and praxis test) evaluation.
We don't have all the results yet, but boy was the OT surprised by the severity of his difficulties. Apparently he has very impaired sensation on his left hand, minimal sensation on the right. He is extremely auditory sensitive. He has poor vestibular function. If he startles his recovery time is extremely long -- though his reaction is to withdraw into his imagination and become quiet.
There is a whole long list.
You know the more we look the more we find. In some ways I'm relieved to find some support that explains his learning difficulties, but for the most part I'm battling feeling overwhelmed again.
Yesterday, too, he had a horrible reaction to either the OT brushing therapy or that combined with his ADHD meds. It was scary and what was even scarier is the vultures didn't even bother calling me or his dad. They noticed it. His sped teacher told me, when I just HAPPENED to stop in to do his brushing therapy, that at lunch he was so "out of it" she literally had to tell him when to take bites of his food and sip on his punch. It was so severe when I stopped on my way into the building to chat with the principal and Mite walked up, the principal's mouth fell open and he asked me if he was supposed to be acting like that!
His classroom teacher apparently left in the early afternoon due to chemo related illnes. So, my impression is she was either too sick to notice the well-being of the children in her class, notably my very ill son, or she just didn't care because he was so withdrawn.
We ran him to the doc and took him off his meds immediately, but boy are we furious to think he could be in that situation all day and not one vulture would take the time to send him to the nurses office or give us a call in concern.
ok....venting off.....deep breathing deep breathing
