sons Doc appt today, I'm scared.

Amanda - posted on 09/23/2010 ( 2 moms have responded )

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My son is 2 years and 4 months old. he has had seizures since he was 3 months and still doesn't talk much. his little sister is 12 months old and says about half of the words he says. his pediatricain has sent him to speech therapy (on top of all the other doctors we;ve seen..) and everything and a couple weeks back we went to a devlopmental therapist, i didn't think it would go anywhere just another "he's smart but some kids are just slow to talk" but no... it was worse. she said she thinks he has autisum. now today we're going for a test to see if he is infact autistic or not. I'm so scared. I'm scared for him. if he is it's gonna be harder on him growing up if he has it. this hit out of no where. i never considered autisum... but it kinda makes sense with his behaviour. except that he CAN be social with other kids if he's in the right mood. she said it would probebly be mild if thats whats wrong. I'm still scared for my little guy. the seizures were bad enough... now this.. I'm only 20, im a single mom.. It's just all so much to deal with. My poor little guy.. i wish i could make everything better.. and maybe he isn't autistic.. but even just having to go through so much testing for everything. It's no wonder he's scared of doctors..

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Kelina - posted on 09/25/2010

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if he is autistic, he might be high functioning. I've met several people with autism, and had some good friends who were autistic. Things will be difficult, but he can still live a relatively normal life! try to stay positive, because if you are scared and stressed, he will pick up on that. good luck, keep us posted!

Desiree - posted on 09/23/2010

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something's going on with your little boy whether its autism or something else. its good that he's in speech therapy its something to help him. my daughter is almost a year and a half & she was born with Cystic Fibrosis. I'm only 20 myself so dealing with all the troubles that came with that was & is hard. bu when you have a child with disabilities this young or at any age for that matter, you have to take everything in stride. support from doctor's friends or family or organizations is a lot of help. if you'd like to talk u can add me on facebook cuz i tend to be on there more often than here. hope you feel better & things turn out ok for your son. good luck.