I think everyone is finally on the mend here. It has been a rough couple of weeks!! Katelyn got her stitches out and her laceration seems to be healing very well. We are using some Maderma hoping that will help reduce the amount of scarring. I ended up with Shingles of all things - very painful!! Luckily, it was diagnosed early and with meds., cleared up pretty quickly. Carson had tummy problems over the weekend but seems to be doing better, as well. I was able to get away over the weekend to spend time with my seizure Mom's support group. Ten of us went up to Alexandria and stayed in a beautiful cabin on the lake. We ate LOTS of good food, shared lots of laughs, did some shopping, relaxed and enjoyed eachother's company. They are all such an amazing bunch of women that I am proud to call my soul sisters! It is hard to believe, but conference time is coming up for the kids already. Katelyn's IEP is due for changes/updates, so we are doing her conferences right along with the IEP meeting next Tues. morning. All in all, I think 4th grade is going OK for her. She has scaled down math and reading in the resource room. She also gets some extra help in writing each day. She has had several tests, but keeps forgetting to bring them home, so I have no idea how she did-ha! She has gotten all A's in her spelling, so far. She is doing the same list as her classmates, but does half instead. Last week she was beaming when she shared the news that her Special Ed. teacher told Katelyn she is reading at a 4th grade level. WOW!! We couldn't be more proud of the progress she has made! We hope to hear more good news next week. Testing is an area that we will have to make some modifications. She does not do well with fill in the blank type of answers where they give a whole list of words and she has to plug the correct word in the spaces. It is far to confusing for her - sensory overload. I'm hoping we can have her IEP state that she can either do this testing verbally or have them in multiple choice form. I am actually attending a seminar put on by PACER tonight that helps parents understand the IEP process. I've heard it is a very helpful class. Katelyn has her MRI next Thurs., Oct. 16. They are going to try to skip the sedation this time. They have goggles she can wear that have a movie she can watch during the scans. They will have the sedation team on stand-by if needed. She will have to lay perfectly still for about an hour and fifteen minutes. Hopefully, she will do just fine. This is always a tense time for us - especially waiting to hear the results. We appreciate any extra prayers!! That's about all from here. Thanks so much for checking in!! Take care and have a great week-
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