Thursday, December 23, 2010

Guess What??? We won!!!

We got the court papers in the mail today. We won, he gets services. I am so excited. More to follow....

Monday, December 20, 2010

Sometimes ths more you know....

We got some genetic testing done on Josh about a month ago on the request of his neurologist. You see we are going to see a genetic doctor in San Diego on the 27Th. Well I go the results today and they confirmed that his parents are biologically related. We already knew that but because of this there is a chromosome abnormality which causes all of Josh's problems. Now that does not even account for the fact that he was exposed to drugs and alcohol in utero, or that he was born to early. It does not even bring into account that he was abused, neglected and moved to 6 different homes all before he was 2. All of this just means that he is a mess and that only God can heal him. I know now more than ever that God has brought him to us for reason. Some days are harder than others. Like now he has so much anxiety that he does not sleep and when he does he is back in our bed. The neurologist is also putting him on yet another medication for anxiety. It is Zoloft which scares me whenever he starts a new med. Could everyone please pray that it all goes well. I will keep you posted with more new info.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Ok so here it is....

We went to the fair hearing at Regional center yesterday. I have to admit that I did not want to go. I figured that we were just going to lose but I went ahead and went. I am so glad that I did. We hired the neuropshyc that did Josh's evals this past summer. That was worth every penny let me tell you. We walk into the conference room. We sit on one side of the table, the regional center at the other end of the table with the judge sitting at the end. Of course the Regional center goes first and tells why they think we do not qualify for services. They argue that according to the test they administered his IQ was way to high and that disqualifies him. After they had a chance to speak, we got our opportunity to ask questions as well as plead our case. (I did not realize I needed a law degree to be a mom but I had to be a very quick learner). I asked the idiot therapist, oops I digress, from the regional center. Why he administered that particular IQ test even though it was not supposed to be given to a child under 6. He did not have a good answer. I also asked him why he applauded every time Joshua got a right answer but when he got a wrong answer he said nothing. He again denied that and said basically I was lying. After those questions, then it was our turn. First I testified and laid the ground work for Dr. Hennings. We took a small break then came back. Then it was Dr. Hennings turn. She first stated her back ground, schooling and degrees. I had no idea she was so well educated. LOL!!! I guess you would have to be to be a neuro pshyc. Anyways, she started tearing a huge whole through all the testing of the regional center as well as defending her reports. She then continued speaking for over an hour on why Joshua qualified for Regional center services. I was very impressed. After that, it was time for closing arguments. The judge asked the regional center lady if she had any closing arguments, the lady closed her binder and said" we have nothing else to say". Then he turned to me and said do you have any closing arguments and I said " yes I do" and began to just re-emphasize what Dr.Hennings just said. I think I saw the judge smile when that happened. Well we won't know anything for 2 weeks so I will let you know as soon as we know. I just know it is all in God's hands and God surly was speaking through me there because it definitely wasn't me.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Regional center sucks!!!

I know I have not updated this for a while but I have been really busy. We have finally arrived at fighting the regional center for services for Josh. We go to fare hearing on December 13. For those of you that don't know what regional center is, or does I will tell you. They give services such as respite care, in home support service waivers, ot, pt, job training for disabled people as well as self care. Now it is not so much that we need these services right now, other than maybe respite care, but it will be very helpful when Josh gets older for job training and such. The regional center is saying that Josh does not qualify because he is to high functioning. Even though we have therapist, teachers, and reports that state otherwise. It is very frustrating. We have already gone to mediation and Josh has been retested by them. Our next step is fair hearing. I know we have a slim chance of winning but we have to try. On top of all of this Josh is having a real hard time right now with his reactive attachment. He cries so much when I leave he makes himself throw up. Even when I leave him at school he cries, he won't eat. Sleeping is hard for him right now, he wakes up several times a night and wants to come to bed with me. He is also starting with his extreme aggression again. I know God has a plan but sometimes it is hard to hold onto his promises when you are going through this. Oh well that is all for now. I will update after the fair hearing and let you know if we won or lost. I just pray for God's will to be done.