SO, wesley had his evaluation at {kennedy krieger} earlier in the month. the appointment was to have him tested for cerebral palsy. the diagnosis was and i quote from the doctor, "he has it and he doesn't have it." huh? yeah, that's kinda what i thought too. the doctor explained that he does indeed have minimal CP but it's so minimal that we shouldn't tell people he has it. i guess the doctor was afraid of what people would think when they hear he has it. people might think he can't do things that normal kids can do. but wesley can do everything other kids do, it just takes him four times as long to accomplish it.
the doctor told us we need to treat him like nothing was wrong (which we were doing anyway) and just teach him to never give up. because it will be a struggle for him to dress himself, potty train, run, walk, play sports etc. and the doctor wants him to always practice and try hard to be able to gain those skills that come so easy to other kids. i feel that this is going to be more of a challenge of not giving up for me then for wesley. i have little to no patience a lot of the time and for me to have wesley practice taking off his clothes for a half hour or putting on his shoes (which i've never let him finish since it would take him an eternity) will be hard for me to just not do it for him. it takes him so dang long and he fights me on it most of the time. this is going to be one hell of a year for me and him. i'm not looking forward to it...
