The Christmas Season has arrived and Little Miss Minion is learning new vocabulary to go along with it. Yesterday, she asked for “reindeer song” in the car on the way home from daycare and then asked “santa coming?” off and on for the rest of the evening.
She is talking much more since her surgery and my theory is that the fluid was slowly building up and pushing on the part of her brain that controls speech. Less pressure=more talking. Some of her delay could be due to the PVL (essentially, this is dead or damaged brain tissue) but it’s hard to know for sure.
This spring brings the expiration of her enrollment in the early intervention program that gives her physical and speech therapies. She probably won’t qualify for PT since she is pretty much caught up with her peers, so that will be one less specialist. Speech is a toss up right now. There is a big jump coming in expectations and if she doesn’t keep up, she might qualify for services through our local school district. I have a feeling she will still qualify but she’s improved so much over the past few weeks, it’s hard to tell.
Hoping everyone is having a cheery holiday season so far! Remember to wash your hands and keep the cold/flu/RSV germs away!
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