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Hi Everyone! Thank so much for letting me join your group. My name is Jen (Jenwood is a nickname I go by) and I live in Texas with my husband, Buddy, who is an OTR trucker. I am a SAHM to our two children...Tanner and Skye. Tanner is six years old and in first grade. Skye is 2.5 and will turn three in December.

Skye is my special kiddo. Since she was a baby, things just haven't seemed right. I didn't gain any weight throughout my pregnancy and I ended up having a horrid surgery when I was 7.5 months pregnant with her. She has been slow at achieving all of her milestones and she walks with one heel in the air. Last May, we were referred to a neurologist. He definitely pegged her as developmentally delayed and a series of scans and blood work were ordered. That all came back normal as in nothing physically wrong with her. Two neurologists have seen her now and the final diagnosis as of today is Autism. Right now she is classified as severe and we are in the process of getting her enrolled in The Child Study center here and hopefully they can get me an appointment quickly. If we had known that something was wrong earlier, she could have been working with ECI all this time. Now, with how long it takes them to get her processed and into the system, I am reluctant to set up the appointment because they will just drop her when she turns three and the public school system will pick her up.

It appears that we have a journey ahead of us and I am glad that I found this group. It is definitely easier to talk to others who are going through the same or similar situations. Every child is different and I am thankful that I have been blessed with two awesome kiddos! Thanks again for letting me join. I look forward to gaining much needed insight and support as well as offering my own.

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