Will was restless for much of the night, and even though he was awake early (before 7:30am), we still managed to be late for school! Once I got him dressed and ready to go downstairs, he decided to poop. Luckily, no clothing was affected. Once that was done, I still had to shower and had only 15 minutes to do so, plus dress and load the car. I spent my day with more yard work, some television viewing, paper and ink/toner cartridge recycling, a little shopping, and some reading in the car while I waited for Will's dismissal time: 2:00pm. At the appointed time, I went to his classroom to get him and ask what his clothing needs were (they keep a change of clothes in his cubby). I had a very nice, composed, friendly, and sensible conversation with his teacher and physical therapist about his G-tube, his sleeping position, his physical abilities and tolerances, his ankle-foot orthotics, possible equipment needs, and his handedness.
In addition, we heard from my sister-in-law, Sue, that an anonymous person or persons wanted to gift us with an Apple iPad for Will! Will's cortical visual impairment (CVI) specialist in Pittsburgh recommended that he get one for communication and education. She tried some apps on hers with which he was quite successful from the beginning and he was eager to keep playing/learning as evidenced by his lunging toward her when she would pull the tablet away to change apps. We've been hoping for a while to buy one or find a donor organization, but I haven't pursued it as diligently as I should have. Two of his early intervention therapists have iPhones and they used them with him, but they no longer work with him since he's now served by the "Intermediate Unit" (a meaningless, euphemistic moniker). My parents have iPhones, too, but since they live in Florida, he only gets to play with their phones a few times per year. The bottom line is that he likes it, it's good for him, and he misses using it. The wait will soon be over, my little technophile!
No nap this afternoon nor evening; tired as he was, he fought it off valiantly and successfully, much to my dismay since, unlike him, I wanted to nap. Once Maggie got home for the night, we quickly got him ready for bed and he was sound asleep within a few minutes. Maggie's napping on the living room sofa as well. Now it's time to give him some medicine and set-up his "dessert" feeding, then I'll wait until it finishes before I can finally get some rest, too.
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