Hazel

Our dear little Hazel is in need of much prayer. Over the past few weeks, she has had difficulty eating (as we have posted), but she has also become very lethargic and a bit withdrawn. We thought it was a temporary thing, but she's not getting better (she's not dehydrated, which could cause lethargy...it's something else). We don't know what happened to her, but we're very concerned. We've been concerned for awhile, but became even more concerned this morning when the OT who evaluated her awhile ago was here evaluating Jude and said that she looks like a completely different baby than she did a couple months ago. Her muscle tone is not as good, she's so lethargic, and has not made any strides in social development for quite some time. She was doing so great for awhile. We knew she had plateaued a bit, but it just seemed to really be brought to our attention this morning. Please pray that our Hazel "comes back". We miss her funny personality and seeing her develop.

The OT is recommending Jude for physical therapy as his gross motor skills are very delayed. He's already "catching up" socially, but has a lot of growth to do motor wise. She evaluated his gross motor skills to be at about a 1 month level. Other skills ranged from 2-4 months. She suggested that we get Hazel reevaluated for PT and to suggest to her feeding therapist that she get additional OT each week. Hopefully we'll be able to figure out what's going on with her soon.

Sometimes it feels like we'll never get passed the "fear" stage (more my perspective than Noel's) and it's so exhausting.