Personal Update

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We had the Muffin's Parent/Teacher conference yesterday. The nutshell version is that she's scheduled for her full Eval in May, now. She's on track to make the goals that were set for her at the beginning of the year. Which is good. She is not in any way ready to be mainstreamed. So it looks like she's off to a k-3 autism class that does grade-level curriculum with support as necessary and inclusion as they're able. I'm reasonably happy with that. I can still wish that my child were "normal" - or at least that she didn't realize that she wasn't. But, in terms of dealing with the hand that's been dealt us - it'll do for now. Her teacher did point out that putting them into a mainstream class directly is also sometimes emotionally difficult for them - and I don't think the poor little Princess needs that right now. Probably better to try to ease into it. Hopefully this new program will not just be a "kid-wrangling" service, but also keep her moving up the nosebleed incline to get her in line with her grade level. It's coming, sometimes by leaps and bounds, and sometimes a slow, agonizing grind. But progress is being made.

I also had to visit my OB - which tends to be entertaining. His senior office nurse is a card. First she looked at me over the tops of her glasses and said "I think it's time to gain a little weight now, don't you?" *l* Yes, Mom. Luckily, I had, at least a little. Then she confessed that she holds her breath every time I come in until she gets my BP reading. Yesterday was 114/65 - to which she said "Well, that should buy you a few more weeks, anyway." Ah, the optimism. Though my OB looked over my chart and commented "Gee, this pregnancy seems to be going so fast! Does it seem that way to you, too?" Um, since the last one was over at 29 weeks, and I'm at 28.... not so much. And that's a good thing in my book!!

So, now I get to go in every 2 weeks. And a month from now I get to go see the back-up OB in Grand Rapids, and go for a repeat Ultrasound. This amuses me, as they slip it in very quietly - part of the "We won't treat you as if you're high risk until we have reason to do so (but we're going to watch like a hawk, even while pretending that we're doing nothing of the kind). I've been here before, and I can read between the lines enough to spot that "ultrasound" in this case means Biophysical profile. I'm not as dumb as I look. And I do have a memory.

The old van has now gone to salvage. And we're enjoying the new one. I'll be delighted when this week is over and I'm not glued to being on-call for a couple more weeks.

Oh, and I have to go get the patterns for the new Kari Mecca dress and pantaloons on the front of the new issue of Sew Beautiful so that I can make it for the Muffin. After all, it has fairies!!