Hope everyone has been enjoying some of the warm sunny days we've had lately. Our busy schedule hasn't allowed for much play time but we do our best.
This past couple weeks has been a confusing time for Arianna. She's used to being able to see Grandma once or twice and stay with her for a visit, but mom hasn't been feeling well enough to do that lately. How do you explain to your child with autism, ANY child really, when someone is sick or not feeling well? Or how do you try and prepare a child who cannot understand the way you or I can that a family member or a pet will be with God in Heaven someday or already is? We were only able to stop in for a short visit with my mom today and I knew that Arianna would want to stay. The only thing that made us leaving go better was a promise to stop for a sugar free slurpee on our way home. Of course she still asked to see her Grandma for a while after we were home but some games and playing kept her occupied. It's been hard to see Arianna get sad very easily and not know what she is thinking about or questions she has because she cannot communicate that to me. We hope to go visit again tomorrow before we start another busy week ahead.
It's a bitter sweet feeling that we only have two more sessions of HBOT before we're done at TLC for a while. When you are trying to heal your child, the places and people who help you with all the different therapies and treatments and information become like family to you. Arianna is always so happy to see Miss Tori as well as the other gals who she spends time with for speech and OT. I can't stress enough how HEALING hyperbaric has been for Arianna on this journey with autism. I must say that healing the gut first is key, removing other toxins is next but oxygen therapy in conjunction or as a follow up has been nothing but amazing. While all children with autism are not alike and heal differently and in various time lines...ALL of them have similar problems/damages done to them. I will always wish that hyperbaric came much sooner for my child and have thoughts that she may have healed quicker or better, but I'll forever be grateful that hyperbaric DID HAPPEN at all.
For those family members, friends old and new, and all the therapists and biomedical specialists who have been with us either a long time or short...THANK YOU! Thank you for caring, helping, healing, sharing and more.
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