Finally, we started HBOT dive # 81. For the record, Jonathan is going into this third set of dives with a much higher level of expressive and receptive language than before, as well as comprehension and curiosity. I remember when we started HBOT, all I wanted was for him to be able to ask "why" questions. Well, he asks those all the time now. So my language expectations have changed.
What I would like to get out of HBOT this time around is better expressive language (it is still rote and he still uses lots of scripts, he still repeats what he sees on TV and he still has trouble controlling his volume). I would also like to help him with his hyperactivity (he cannot stop moving) and improve on his receptive language and clarity. I am going to target the hyperactivity with neurofeedback after we are done with HBOT. I am actually expecting that his hyperactivity will double with HBOT.
He is still obsessed with electronic toys, but I am coming to terms that he will always have an inclination to those and perhaps he will do something good with that skill when he grows up. Right now, we are pretty content that he cannot play with video games from Monday through Friday and only a couple of hours on Saturday and Sunday.
The other behavior that I was never able to modify is his lack of interest for playing with imaginative-type games (hero dolls, farms, etc.) Perhaps he doesn't understand the purpose. But he is really not interested in miniature animals (like Vanessa) or dinosaurs, etc.
I have to say though that Jonathan's improvement since the first HBOT session last year has been phenomenal. He is a different child. He has improved in so many areas that remembering how bad last year was seems like an eternity. We can do things as a family now. We can go to places, Vanessa and Jonathan play very well together (and fight lots too), Jonathan is excited about things, he proposes new things to do. His pediatrician asked me last Thursday why I don't go back to get his diagnosis changed. But the reality is that I am not treating the diagnosis. I am treating specific areas that he still has trouble with and dropping the diagnosis means less help from schools and other organizations.
So today we had a very good day. He went into the trailer and started talking like non-stop with the operator. Then he took my camera and started taking pictures of people. When I asked him who was missing, he immediately realized that he had missed J. Inside the chamber, he popped his ears like a professional. He did not even complained. He moved a lot inside. I thought it was that he needed to go "number 1", but that wasn't it. It is part of that new problem he has that he cannot stop moving. We dove at 1.75 ATAs today.
We got home at 8:15pm. It is going to be a challenge to feed him and get him to bed before 9pm every day. If he doesn't sleep his 10 hours, he does not perform well at school. I already notified the teacher. He and Vanessa went to bed at 9:30pm.
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