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?