(My daughter Angelica
was 10 weeks early, so I
had to have an emergency C-section. But that is a whole other page.)
It wasn't until James' 6 month
well baby check that I became concerned about his development. He had
missed one or two of the milestones that they ask about. He still wasn't
trying to hold his bottle on his own, and he wasn't trying to sit up,
roll over, or sit up. I didn't say anything, because I had always
heard that boys were slower developing then girls were. At his 9 month
check up, he was still behind on three milestones, so I had the pediatric
nurse practioner do a Denver on him. He came up borderline on the tests
so she referred us to a Developmental Specialist. After long testing
including numerous blood tests, James was given the
diagnosis of "Global Developmental Delay". He has been receiving Early
Intervention Services(EIS) since 12 monthes of age. He has a Speech
Language Pathologist(SLP)and an Occupational Therapist. His gross motor
skills were/are still considered to be OK. He had some hypotonia, but
that was helped by Sensory Intergration Therapy(S.I.T)
We moved here August of '96. We got James into the Blake Foundation's
Childrens Achievement Center (ph.520-325-1517), in Jan.'97 (and have
only wonderful things to say about it).
