Vision Therapy Appointment

Well...I took Greyson to the vision therapist yesterday and we received all of our home based therapy goodies. We now have a regiment of vision therapies to do for Greyson daily that should improve his tracking and some of his other issues. left right reversals, etc... Alot of it will feed right into some of the OT he already does which is great. There just seems to be so much to do to try and help him that it is still at times overwhelming. Thank goodness the school is on board, he has private OT sessions once a week, and play therapy too. We will get it done some way. His swimming lessons have been a real blessing. he seems to feel such a sense of piece and calm when he is in the water. he floats on his back for long periods and stays under as long as he can. I think he is drowning out the world and the noise and chaos that comes with it. We love him so much. I wish I could wave a wand to make things easier sometimes or make people understand better but you cannot. It is what it is and that's OK. So....we have many things to do....fine motor skill exercises, eye exercises, upper body strengthening, pragmatic language exercises and skills to be learned....and on and on. All of which will give him some of the skill sets he needs to accomplish things in life and at school. I still walk the fine line....the fine line of what's too much?....when should we push as opposed to backing off?....Is this frustrating for him? He very seldom talks about his feelings, typical boy, and that is scary. I want him to be happy and enjoy his childhood. i do not want him to feel bombarded with therapies, exercises, etc....that take his childhood and make it nothing but work. Walking the fine line...it's not fun....but as his mom I guess Michele and I will know when to back off or push forward. We want to help him succeed and be self sufficient so hopefully our efforts to get him in the right programs will not go unanswered. tonight we have swimming again and he loves it sooo. Michele and I will keep him in swimming until summer again if we can. It has been probably the most therapeutic thing that he enjoys that we have chosen so far. I think he will really excel in swimming as he is a strong swimmer and improves by leaps and bounds each lesson. Well....2 days until the Autism Walk...we are only $295.00 away form our team goal. what a great first year for out Team! Greyson has really raised alot of money and I am sure he will be proud. We just have to help him understand he doesn't get the money to buy a Wii. haha.... Hope to see some of you on Saturday...if not...Thanks for keeping up with us. Hugs to you all...