another med...

Well, just a short note to say that we went to the Dr. yesterday for Cody's annual physical/well check and spent the whole time discussing his meds. Cody now needs to have an EKG to see if he has a long QT wave length...or something with the QT and seeing if he has some heart problems before adding new meds. We may be adding a new med to tame the hyperactivity that his meds (Strattera) now is not controlling. We also discussed turrets disorder and how it's a motion disorder. We spent about 30-45min. going over what meds control what symptoms. It kind of made my head spin because there are so many different symptoms lumped under ADD disorder. I am grateful that I have Daniel to talk calm me down when I leave the Dr.'s office. He processing things quicker than I do. I need some time to let all the info sink in and then I am ready to start doing more research on the new info.
Daniel and I are also going to Cody's psychologist tomorrow to discuss the results of his Psycho Educational Analysis. I will admit I am a bit overwhelmed and am hoping we get good news that he's on track and should be prepared for the second grade. I will update after we have our parents meeting tomorrow.

We made it!!

Celebrate good times...COME ON!!

Oh what a relief...1st grade is done! Second grade here we come!!

After a short break of course!

Here is Cody's awesome 1st grade teacher Mrs. Deegan.

I felt a deep need to make a big deal of Cody's accomplishment since he hates school and struggled so hard. Cody finally stopped playing with the kids he was having trouble with. The last few days of school Cody behaved very well and his teacher said it was because one specific boy in the class that bothers Cody wasn't there. I am hoping that Cody will have a new group of kids in his second grade class to see if his behavior improves.

 I spent most of the last day of school with Cody at his class while they played in their mini gym and had a pizza party for lunch.

Cody had a spirit assembly at his school today. The kids get awards if they've accomplished something in the past few months. Cody received an award for his Perseverance. He has worked pretty hard this year and we are very proud of him. All but one reading test is done for this school year. Next we are having Cody get a Psycho Educational Evaluation. These are subject specific testing to address behavior health problems and to see exactly where he's at in his academics so we know what to work on this summer and be prepared for come next school year. We were also informed that his principal will be retiring this year. We really loved our school principal and she has helped Cody out so much. We can only hope that the next one will be as flexible and loving towards Cody. We are anxious to find out who Cody's second grade teacher will be. I have been doing my research and hope I don't annoy his teacher too much. Daniel and I have continued helping out in Cody's class and we really enjoy it. The kids are very loving and are always excited when you show up to help. It's been a great experience this year. A lot has happened. We are very grateful for everyone who has supported us!

Cody getting his award from the principal