David Jeffery Seveland

          Well it's time for a new year.  These last 7 months I have been kind of absent from this site.  I needed a break and I think I'm good now.  We are starting our rounds of appointments for this year.  David has come a long way this year.  He goes to the elementary school for speech one day a week.  He has come so far.  We can actually have a conversation with him now.  He is using 4 words in a sentence most of the time.  He is also questioning everything we tell him.  But that's the fun of a 2 yr old.

          We go in on March 6th to see Urology.  Hopefully everything is still good and David's hydronephrosis has not gotten any worse.  I am also hoping that he can give me some answers about potty training.  Is he just a stubborn boy or is there pressure on his bladder making him pee every 15 minutes.  He doesn't go much past that without an accident.  So there are a lot of accidents.  But eventually we will get the potty training thing down.  On March 17th we go see the Orthopedist.  We get to see what the true LLD is at that time.  David has been complaining of Hip and Knee pain in his right leg.  He has also recently been complaining of lower back pain.  I hope this isn't a sign of what he is going to face in the future.  Hopefully we can figure this out now and see what happens.  We are also getting him checked for Scoliosis at that appointment.  We go to Dermatology on March 26th.  This is just a follow-up to see how he is doing and to check on his birthmark.  I'm not expecting anything from this appointment.  I am also trying to get in with a Pulmonologist/Allergist to get that under way.

          April is an exciting month for us.  We finally got ahold of the Neurologist and on April 21st we go see her.  I get to bring her a list of everything that has happened over the last 16 months and see what her plans are.  Hopefully we will get the follow-up MRI of his brain to make sure his seizures caused no long-term problems.  This is the only appointment that worries me.  I am just scared to see what we find.  Hopefully nothing.

          Well this is an update of our last few months and an early look at the upcoming few months.  I will keep things posted on here periodically.  Other than being busy we are all good.  Be back soon with more information.