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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Checking Out
Sometimes it is so frustrating to be Kelsey's parent.
I absolutely love her dearly.
I could do without some of the baggage that comes with her.
Kelsey continues to cognitively progress.
I have not, however, seen much progress in other areas.
The questions, then, that come as a result are:
*Is what we have been/are doing still effective?
*Do we need to change course and try a different technique/environment?
*Is it valuable to continue to pursue everything we are pursuing or would Kelsey be happier just being a three year old without a vigorous individual therapy schedule?
*Are we spinning our wheels, the wheels of Kelsey's therapists and Kelsey's own by continuing to follow these pursuits?
*Would Kelsey develop the same skills on relatively the same timetable regardless of our action or inaction?
*Would scaling back our schedule cause her harm?
The problem in all of this is that there are no easy answers.
I do know that this is a marathon that I have too often treated as a sprint.
And yet the fact remains that Kelsey has far exceeded medical professional expectations of her at birth.
Is that a result of action, therapy, and dedication? Or is it simply the result of love?
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