Today is a special day. Jonathan started Kindergarden today. And he had a great time :)
He had been telling people that he was going to start Kindergarden on September 4. And today, when we woke him up and told him it was September 4, he got all excited. I told him that he had to eat breakfast because his teacher told us so, and he ate almost all his GF/CF pancake. I have decided to simply go GF/CF again to help him with the transition into a large room of neurotypical kids. He is going to need all the help we can give him.
Daddy dropped him off at SACC (school's before and after care center) and Jonathan did not seem too happy. But he stayed. A nice lady came over to talk to him and take him inside. He seemed puzzled and a bit sad, but did not cry. Daddy's heart broke :(
In the afternoon, he rode the public schoolbus. I came home early to receive him the first day. My dad is going to wait for him from now on. The bus was late. When it arrived, all the kids that live in the area exited the bus and no sign of Jonathan. The coordinator asked me if I was missing mine, and I said yes. She asked me for his name and I told her. She turned and yelled out Jonathan's name and I could hear his voice saying "What? What?". She told him that I was outside but I think we was too confused. However not overwhelmed. She asked me to step inside so he could see me. I did and called out his name. He turned and looked at me and yelled out "mommy!!!" He was trying to get his backpack and lunch bag when the lady called his name the first time, but they were stuck. When he saw me, he pulled them harder and got them loose. And ran out to me. The coordinator and the driver laughed and said bye. They were very very nice. My dad told her that he would be here tomorrow and she said that that was great.
When we got inside the house I asked him how his first day went. He was actually in a very good/talkative mood. He said it went well. And all of a sudden he turned around and said "mommy, I opened my apple juice today ALL BY MYSELF". He was so proud of himself. I was too. I told him that that was great and asked about the apple sauce. He said "I opened the apple sauce by myself and the cheese and pasta too".
On the way to the HBOT I asked him a lot of questions. And I found myself hearing wonderful things back. I dreamed for the longest time to someday be able to ask Jonathan what he did and have him answer with detail what he did. And today has been the closest. He told me what song they sang at circle time and what story they read (Chicka Chicka Boom Boom). He told me that he really likes that story and he wants it in CD to listen to it in his computer. I asked him if he heard it in the computer in his class and he said no, that the teacher read it. But he saw it had a CD and he wants to get that book and put the CD in this computer and read along. He told me what painting he made (himself and a palm tree) and all about lunch time. And whenever I asked him something that he couldn't remember, he would say "I don't know mommy. I don't remember". A typical answer. We conversed the entire ride. This never happened before the HBOT. It was a very special moment.
During today's dive, Jonathan's ears bothered him more because he was covering his ears and didn't really seem in pain, just very uncomfortable. But it might be the noise more than having to pop them. The other parent that usually sits on one end, sat where we have been sitting in the past 2 weeks and told me that that corner is less noisy. So I am going to try putting the headsets on him tomorrow. They have tight headsets to filter out some of the noise the chamber makes when it is compressing.
It was a wonderful day. Jonathan's language today was amazing. Being in a room full of neurotypical kids I think is going to help him tremendously.
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