Jitters

I tried my best to get a developmental pedia with an open schedule in just a month. Let me tell you, it wasn't easy. Most Dev-Peds have their schedule full for the next 3-6 months. I fortunately found one in St. Luke's QC,45 mins away from where we live. We went there, June 6, 2013. Micah was a little over a year old. I got the jitters on the way. Will she confirm my suspicion? Or will she downplay things to leave me hoping? Most doctors are like that anyway. They're very positive and reassuring. But this time, I want the truth, however painful it may be. Otherwise I can't move on properly.

She gave me things to keep in mind and promised to email her results with her recommendation. I got it in about 2 weeks after our assessment date. 

Micah's cognitive skills is 2 months behind but catching up. His motor skills was very much of age. Did I rest upon getting the results? No. Not the worry-freak mommy that I am. I still see a lot of things that seem peculiar and I did not want to just shrug them off. 

We got a second opinion in September of the same year. We went to Dr. Francis Dimalanta in st. Luke's fort Bonifacio. At least it was just nearby. He immediately recommended Micah to go into occupational therapy twice a week starting October. We were referred to GOALS BGC. We saw the head therapist in October and started sessions a week after. We were assigned to a female OT, Sheila, was young and pleasant. It wasn't easy for Micah at the beginning. I was there and yaya Claire was too. We were just watching the OT, win Micah's  trust. Although Micah was cooperative, he would sometimes complain  when he felt he was being asked for too much. He would cry a few times. Very typical of a one year old, I thought. The OT didn't feel so though. She wanted Micah to be able to follow everything on her list. I was thinking--- impossible, but of course I encouraged Micah to listen to his teacher. Micah's OT eventually became frequently successful. We started once a week for the first 4 weeks and moved on to doing twice. Francis was his other therapist in January for his other day.

We ended our OT sessions at GOALS in April 2014. I felt like giving Micah a break which I did not realize to be a mistake on my part. All I know was I did not have diagnosis yet. Micah was said to have Sensory Processing Disorder. I kept praying for God's leading for the next 2 months. In June, I got a call from the doctor I have always wanted to see for Micah, and everything took a turn from then on.