Hello once again friends and family. My cadence is becoming pretty good. I've been updating this thing quarterly and that's about the right amount of time to let things acrue before purging our milestones here in electron land.
As some of you know and some of you don't Camden was recently evaluated on his physical development at the advice of his pediatrician. Wake county sent a Pediatrician, a Physical Therapist and a Services Coordinator out to our house on Tuesday of last week to do the evaluation. The evaluation was segmented into different categories like gross motor skills, finite motor skills, muscular maturity etc. At the end of the day Camden was classified as mildly developmentally delayed. What this means is that he isn't where he should be from a physical development perspective. Addressing this will consist of physical therapy, speech therapy and follow up Dr's. visits. While this is certainly not the ideal situation, we plan on closing the gap between where he is and where he should be through the use of the therapies. Long term, this part of the situation suggests no significant future challenges.
Part of the evaluation was also observation of physical presentations and there were some minor things the pediatrician noted that encouraged him to suggest genetic testing. Now before anyone jumps to conclusions we need to level set here. The genetic testing is being done to rule out the existence of genetic defects. We have no concerns about Camden having traditional Down Syndrome, but the target of exclusion is something called Mosaic Down. I could type and type and try to explain it, but the beauty of the internet is I can simply tell you to go here for more information. Again, keep in mind two things. One - we're going through this exercise to exclude the condition as opposed to confirming an initial diagnosis. Secondly - While the results will take us down one of two paths, they will have no affect on Camden's place in his world; and the first place Camden will ever know as home in the greater sense will be surrounded by the love and support of his mother and father and his brother.
I know if you're reading this page it's because you know and love this family. It's important to us that you all know we are intimately aware of your love and support and it makes each day better knowing you are there.
Last weekend Grant and Kristen came to visit us from Westminster and their visit could not have come at a better time. Their company and their help at the house was enjoyed and truly appreciated. Kristen helped Karen with the Zoops while Grant and I put in Karen's - long awaited - garden. Grant and I used nine 6x6x12s as the container and then filled it with close to a ton of top soil, mushroom compost and cow crap. It came out great and we'll have some snaps of it out here soon. The older I get the better my friendship with Grant gets. It's not like fine wine; it's like damn good whiskey. (And to think he risked it all by dragging his feet on asking the perfect woman for him to marry him!!!) I knew when I asked my wife to marry me that she would be the only woman I would ever ask that question to and just as well I know that until the day I become garden fodder myself Grant will be my closest friend.
That's about it for now. Check back over the next week or so for new pics and family updates.
