Swimming and life

Noah's first time in Exersaucer
Noah's first time in high chair

Lillie swimming with a noodle

Lillie has been in the water since she was a baby. She always loved going to the YMCA to play in the water. She always had a fear of gettimg her head wet or being splashed so she never really learned how to swim or got wet in those splash pad areas. Over the summer Lillie tried some swimming at camp and enjoyed it till she was splashed. She then decided to no longer go in the water. We have her signed up now at the YMCA for a special needs swim class. This enables her one-on-one lessons with very small goals rather than the long term one of learning to swim. Instead they will work on just getting her head wet or putting her face in the water.......or even getting splashed. She had her first lesson Saturday. At first she was reluctant to even get in the water and cried alot. Once she was in she had a great time and even swam with the boogie board which she thought was pretty cool. Way to go Lillie!

This week brings some difficult events for us. After much research and speaking with some people we discovered some blood work for Lillie could answer alot of questions for us in regards to her behaviors and eating concerns. We can look to see if she has had any metal poisoning, is deficiant in minerals or vitamins, check for allergins and look at sugars and thyroid.

We had blood work done for Lillie once two years ago. She had to go to two different labs. One stuck her four times with nothing and then the other got it on the second try. She was so upset beyond description. She does not remember all the details but knows she never wants to have it done again. Dave and I have tried our best to never have it done again but feel at this point the benefit may outweigh anything else.

We are taking her to Quest in the morning before school and plan to tell her tonight about it, so if you are reading this before do not say anything about it please. We will be honest with her and pray for the best response. If all goes well she will still make it to school and maybe even on time.

Tomorrow afternoon dave and I need to go back to Dupont for the results of her eval a month ago. We are not sure at this point what to expect but continue to pray and plan for open hearst and lots of understanding. We know no matter what they tell us Lillie is a wonderful little girl who has been enriching our lives since day one. God entrusted us with parenting her and if we do not find out as much as we can to help her we would have failed at our jobs. We never wish to make Lillie endure more than she needs and hope that after these few things Lillie will be able to breath a sigh of releif (or should I say mom and dad) and live life to the fullest!