May has been a crazy month for us. First of all, school is out. This throws Super D for a loop. As I am writing this, he is in the other room being very vocal and completely annoying the crap out of Ben! We also had some major milestones in the house. Our oldest graduated from High School this month, Daniel will be off to middle school next year and Ben finished Kindergarten! It has been a crazy, and emotional, month.
Some of the craziness is a good thing. Daniel has been a handful, but that is the good part. The VNS appears to be making a difference. He has been more vocal, often practicing numerous consonants, which he has not done in years. There is a trade off to this, however. As his mind clears up he gets so ornery! I suspect part of it is he does not know what to do with this new understanding of the world.
If you think about it, it has to be a little scary. For him, the fog he has lived in for the last nine years is starting to lift. He suddenly is processing more input and the ability to make sounds he has never done before, or at least in years. Saturday he had an outburst in a restaurant. He was excited and proceeded to tell us a whole story in his own language. It was loud and had most of the patrons looking. It was such a wonderful thing to see for us. The best part of it was the people sitting behind Daniel gave me a look of joy as we were leaving. They got it, as so many here seem to.
I am excited to see what the coming months bring for Super D!
Life With Super D! 