Day by day

So eventually the days stop dragging on, stop moving slowly and painfully and start returning to normal. It took probably a week for me to get my appetite back and to feel like like would be "normal" again. There were some really bad days and a few nights at work, but things are gradually improve. We went to Las Vegas to a doctor of "integrated medicine." While we were there we noticed Avi really started to pick up on sign language. Now he's up to more than thirty signs and its hard to keep up with all the new signs he's picking up. He's a very different boy now. He's communicating so much more. I think the ability to communicate really helps him be less frustrated. We've really noticed a change in Avi over the last few weeks. I'm not sure what has made the difference, but I'm glad to see it. I was definitely a skeptic about homeopathic medicine and still didn't know if any of his changes can be attributed to his homeopathic remedies, but something is definitely different.

Its been so amazing to see him learn so much and be so happy about it. He's still doing his speech therapy and he's in a structured play group. He had a occupational therapist evaluate him, but I don't think the therapist is coming back. He didn't seem to think Avi needed his help, we'll see. We're going to a different homeopathic doctor just to see what he says. Avi still has an appointment in July for the specialist and we'll probably seek a second opinion. Poor little guy, he's had nothing but doctors his whole life. I thought when he turned two, started growing and had escaped being premature unscathed. I thought we were done with the doctors, the clinics and the special programs.

One of Avi's favorite signs is "baby." When Itai is born in a few months I hope that he'll still like babies. I really hope that we'll still be able to give him the attention he needs while giving Itai the attention he needs.