Another specialist checked off the list!

Today I took Pasha to the opthomologist to check on his strabismus and how his eyes dialated. While still in the orphanage I noticed that his pupils rarely dialated correctly and his neurosurgeon noticed also after his shunt revision. Now they react normally so I've decided it was a combination of him never really going outside so he was not used to the sunlight and sedatives. Anyway his eyes are great, even with the strabismus they are working both independently and together and there was no damage to his optic nerve from his hydrocephalus! 

This summer so far I have taken Pasha to a neurosurgeon, adoption clinic, opthomologist, feeding therapist, cardiologist, audiologist, spina bifida clinic and fittings for his wheel chair. 

Callen has been to the adoption clinic, cardiologist and audiologist so far. Both boys still are waiting begin PT/OT and speech therapy and Callen goes to see the endocrinologist next month so as you can tell we have had a busy summer of dr appts so far! 

I'm ready for school to start so we can get into a routine with school and therapy appts. I know it's going to be crazy until I figure it all out but I know that all this will help the boys a lot. They are both doing really good. Learning to play and how to be in a family is lots of work and everyday they are making progress. Both boys understand about 80% of what we say to them in English now which is amazing! The sad thing is they are losing their Russian several times when we have had a Russian speaking friend over or when the interpreter is at the hospital with us Pasha just ignores them and answers in English when they speak to him in Russian! I knew they would probably lose it since they are so young and we are not fluent but I didn't expect it so soon! We still try to use the little Russian we know so they can at least have a few words in their native language.