Friday, June 4, 2010

Perfect....

........Brady passed all the tests yesterday with flying colors!!! And he did so good at following instructions during the hearing tests...so proud of my little brave man. No hearing loss at all, no enlarged tonsils or adenoids. Only thing, a little allergy issue that the doctor wants us to start treating with Claritin.......so no big deal. They do want to see him annually just to make sure no growths pop up due to the NF.

So we now know that the speech issues are just that, speech!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

What do you pray for...

.......today we take Brady to the ENT to have his adenoids, tonsils, tongue and ears checked out. We currently have Brady working with speech therapists for his speech delay and it has been recommended that we have everything checked out. With the NF1, about 50% of children diagnosed with this disorder, comes a speech "issue".....so do we pray that maybe he needs ear tubes which can be causing his artic problems? Do you wish ill on your child? But if we pray for the ENT to find something, it may mean his speech problem is "fixable" and not a direct symptom of the NF1?

Whatever comes our way today, if nothing is found and it is truly another symptom of NF for Brady, at least we will know that we have done what we should have as parents to make sure nothing is missed.

Dear God, whatever we find today, you have already gone before us and laid this path. You will get us through this and onto the next phase!