Yesterday was a pretty important day from a medical perspective. I got to speak to our pediatrician about a number of tests that have been done. Blood levels are within normal (I was concerned about a condition called thalassemia minor because his referral information had some slightly abnormal values for that condition and that is more prevalent in the population in the province where Jake is from). All of the disease testing came back normal. His immunization titers for immunizations he had in China all came back effective. I think I mentioned that his skull xray came back normal. So all of this was extremely good news. We praise God for such awesome results! Such good results with such a heavy referral diagnosis (cerebral palsy) is just amazing to me.
Yesterday we also had an initial consult with the early intervention folks for our county. This is a free service that will help us get a very thorough evaluation of Jake's motor skills, speech, medical concerns, etc. Jake will automatically qualify because of his referral diagnosis. I have a feeling that there's not much that will need to be done but I just want to make sure that we are not missing anything. Our pediatrician isn't an international adoption specialist, though she has seen some internationally adopted children, so we just want to make sure that we are thorough in providing the best of care for Jake.
There are a few outstanding medical things that need to be looked into including an MRI, possible helmeting if Jake isn't too old for that, a couple more blood tests. But I am so relieved at such good news thusfar. Please join me in praising God for being the Great Physician and Healer!!
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