Life is a blur

I figured it was time to update! We are getting ready for summer. We have our first family vacation planned in 8 years. We are heading up to Walker, MN for a week long stay at Adventure North Resort on Leech Lake. I used to vacation at another resort as a child on Leech Lake. I am very excited to take my family and have a nice relaxing and FUN week!

Zack has had some changes in his medications lately. We have increased his Fluoxetine (for anxiety) up to 2.5 mL from 1.25 mL. We have noticed some more changes in his ability to communicate at school. His teacher had emailed me a few weeks ago stating he had read for her and even answered a question from across the room.  We are also taking 7 mL of Trileptal and 2 capsules of Depakote twice daily. These are both seizure medications. Additionally he has had some allergies pop up. Bummer! So now he has to take eye drops and Flonase which is complete with bloody noses. We have given him some saline nose solution which helps! At least now he can breathe!

We do see Dr. Zelaya again this Thursday for an EEG follow-up appointment. His EEG was March 30th of this year so I am assuming there hasn't been much change considering the time gap since the EEG to the date of appointment.

Zack's development continues to surprise us. He has just about completed his year of 1st grade. We have learned that he will go onto 2nd grade and will have a regular homeroom and will go to special education for reading, math, and writing. He will learn those core subjects in a smaller group which will help with his anxiety levels as well as learning disabilities. He is doing well with sight words and is taking more pride in his work.  He has had a great year with his teacher Mrs. Ramos.  He continues and will also get speech therapy next school year. They don't feel that he requires it over the summer. We of course will work on school work this summer but it will focus on FUN! It is summer after all!