Showing posts with label Tom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tom. Show all posts
Friday, May 18, 2007
Tom Update
Tom did great with the ENG today. We found out that the inner ears are not the culprit of the problem. We did find out that he has some eye movements that suggest an abnormality of the brain. We had thought that a tumor had been completely ruled out however with his symptoms and the test results that we had today the word was brought up again. Turns out his original MRI was only done on the brain and did not include the brain stem. We were referred to another Neurologist and also a Neuro-Otology doctor. They will do additional tests and hopefully rule out a brain stem tumor. We will also go back to the ophthalmologist again next week to see if he has any thoughts about the eye movement. At this point we are trying not to get ahead of ourselves and start worrying about everything but your positive thoughts and prayers will be appreciated. I will post another update when I have one.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Tom Update
Here is where we are at with Tom right now...
Yesterday we had Kindergarten Orientation. I was pleased to see that some of the kids that are in Tom's kindergarten readiness class are also going to the same school for kindergarten. We spoke to the school psychologist, who we had already had contact with earlier in the year and she recommended a summer school program for Tom. We are also on the waiting list to go to see a doctor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Children's Hospital. We hear she is one of the best in the country to diagnose and recommend treatment for autism. We should get an appointment in September or October. In the meanwhile we are hoping to figure out why Tom is getting sick so often. We go to an ear, nose and throat doctor tomorrow. We have various tests throughout the month and then at the end of the month we will go back to the GI doctor and then the Neurologist. We were told that he needs to be evaluated for Anxiety and Bipolar disorder as well. I am waiting to see what all of these test say before I want to take him to another doctor that will prescribe more medicine though. From what I am finding out childhood Bipolar Disorder is very controversial so I am going to have to be careful which doctors I choose if we end up having to go down this path. I will give another update when there is more to share.
Yesterday we had Kindergarten Orientation. I was pleased to see that some of the kids that are in Tom's kindergarten readiness class are also going to the same school for kindergarten. We spoke to the school psychologist, who we had already had contact with earlier in the year and she recommended a summer school program for Tom. We are also on the waiting list to go to see a doctor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Children's Hospital. We hear she is one of the best in the country to diagnose and recommend treatment for autism. We should get an appointment in September or October. In the meanwhile we are hoping to figure out why Tom is getting sick so often. We go to an ear, nose and throat doctor tomorrow. We have various tests throughout the month and then at the end of the month we will go back to the GI doctor and then the Neurologist. We were told that he needs to be evaluated for Anxiety and Bipolar disorder as well. I am waiting to see what all of these test say before I want to take him to another doctor that will prescribe more medicine though. From what I am finding out childhood Bipolar Disorder is very controversial so I am going to have to be careful which doctors I choose if we end up having to go down this path. I will give another update when there is more to share.
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