- First appointment with the Early Intervention Team. It began with an interventionist interviewing Mama talking about concerns on Adrian (mainly speech) while the therapist was playing with Adrian, observing how he behaves cognitively as well as assessing his skill sets to determine our eligibility. The whole appointment took more than 1.5 hours and they later came back telling us that Adrian is doing quite well (considering what he's been through in the past), though a little behind/weak compared to kids his age, but that doesn't warrant him getting OT & PT. The therapist suggested us to engage some games/exercises with Adrian to bring him up to speed (i.e. strengthening his upper limps etc.). We're ONLY eligible for their service because we mentioned we've registered Adrian for JK, and they will coordinate some kind of a "Transition Process" to ensure Adrian, being a special need kid (mild hearing loss with speech delay), is well taken care of when he enters JK this Sept. They'll arrange a home visit in 6 – 8 weeks' time.
- The 3rd hearing test at Sick Kids was a total disaster! No matter how much we've prepped Adrian to "do" whenever he "hears" the beep sound, he just ignored and kept on starring at the tinted case holding the "Energizer Bunny" banging on the drum (the audiologist had it on for testing at the beginning). And he's not very patient either when asked to point on the object whenever the audiologist said it on his headphone. As Adrian becomes very "untestable", the audiologist started to buy in our idea of having Adrian perform an ABR Test (equivalent to the BAEP test Adrian had before at QMH) instead. We'll mention it to the ENT doctor on our Apr 1st appointment as it requires sedation.
Adrian helped getting ready for CNY by vacuuming the staircase before the appointments.
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