Thursday, April 3, 2008

Seeing Some Positive Results

Camryn went to her art class yesterday after school. She hadn't been in a while because she's been struggling to get all of her homework done, but art is something she really excels at, and I want her to continue to pursue it. In fact, she has a website with some of her art work over the last couple of years. I've added a link to it on this page.

Anyway... typically, when I pick her up, she notices I'm there and glances at me quickly but then her eyes dart back to her drawing as if she doesn't want anyone to see any kind of reaction in her. She won't speak to me until we are well out of earshot of anyone there. However... yesterday when I went in to get her, she immediately got up and started talking to me, telling me how tired she had been all day. She was leaning all over me to the point where I had to tell her to stop so that I could write a check for the lesson. I tore off the check, handed it to her, and told her to go give it to Mrs. Parker. I expected to have to walk her over to her teacher (after a bit of prodding, of course) and tell her more than once to give her the check. Not yesterday! She quickly grabbed the check out of my hand, walked around the table, and handed it right to Mrs. Parker!!! Wow! I was amazed! (But you know that I couldn't show my delight. I had to keep it all bottled inside until I could tell someone when she wasn't listening). We are starting to see some changes we think is a result of the medication.

My mother also mentioned that when she picked up Camryn from school, a male co-worker was in the car with her. I guess they were going to view a property afterwards or something. Anyway, she said Camryn was talking up a storm to her in his presence. Hmmm.... :)

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