Today I asked our new pediatrician about OT. I told her that we never got authorization for more than the six sessions (one every other week) with the OT last year and I wondered why. She said our insurance company still won't pay for OT for sensory issues or visual motor integration problems and the insurance company's reasoning is that school should pay for OT because even if the child is not in school he "could" be.
We told her about his sleeping difficulties (which also contribute to mine) and the phobias but she didn't say much about it.
She noticed a difference with his spine that other doctors hadn't noticed and he got his first X-Ray. Now we find out he has scoliosis. My son is worried that he will have to wear a brace all the time and he has always been so sensitive to the clothing he wears. He didn't seem that upset until we got home and the doctor called to confirm that he would have to have treatment for it. Now he is very upset. He says he won't be able to stand wearing a brace and I am also wondering how he will deal with this. I am sure this is going to be a little more difficult to deal with than the clothes that never felt right or the sock problems. He thinks he will get less sleep than he does now. I don't think either one of us can handle that. I thought we would get some of our problems resolved and we only find out that we had another that we didn't even know about.
