Days 98 into Day 107

Wow, computer problems, busy-ness, and just plain forgot - 10 days without writing here - oops!

Just summary, then - overall, PNES have gone down to maybe - maybe - one a day. There was one day Gramma and Boompah were kidsitting while I went to the office (this past Sat. - Day 104, I think that would have been) - Josh had a terrific day - played all day with them, took a very short snooze, was great about getting up to go pee, absolutely no meltdowns or overloads or PNES. Was the day after a session with psychologist and doc brought in his dog - a little pet therapy. Josh had a great time with the dog - a bit slow on leaving but no full blown PNES, just a very short overload as he got in the car after the session, but then jumped up and took the leash from doc and ran around the parking lot with the dog! I really have to reconsider the idea of getting a dog! Josh is having transition problems at school - especially into the cafeteria. He says it makes him "nerwous" with all the noise but we have decided to keep on trying. Our kidsitter's grandma, sadly, passed away on Sunday so I hope (selfishly, I know) that Francis will be joining us again soon. Had speech eval and vision exam on day 101 - not encouraging with the speech eval - she said she did not want to be discouraging because there is always room for improvement but she is going to pitch it to the insurance company that Josh needs work on functional speech and is going to see about getting a small assistive device for such circumstances as when we're out in a mall or something like that - in case he gets separated he will have the device to let people know who he is and who I am (since speech is hard to understand for strangers). I had hoped speech would be affected by NV but I'm not seeing it - other things, yes, but not speech. Vision exam went well - 20/40 in both eyes and no need right now for glasses (thank goodness!), but something to keep in mind.

So, today is, if I've counted correctly, day 107 on NV. On with the day!