Just one more mile in the journey...

I know my family has so much to be thankful for. My husband and I look at Tyler sometimes and look at one another, smile and shrug. We know we're lucky. We know he's been blessed. When we had to take Tyler to the neurologist I saw little ones who weren't very lucky and who will have very difficult health matters to struggle with.
I say all of this to remind myself to breathe and calm down. I want everything to be ok for him and for him to not have to struggle. If I could take all of that away I would. The nurse at school called today and told me Tyler didn't pass his vision or hearing screening. The principal followed that up with a call telling me they would have to put testing on hold until they rule out any problems with vision/hearing. I bit my tongue and said of course BUT that I wouldn't be happy putting his testing off for too long. I already have an eye appt scheduled for him and the ENT told me to do an ear wash and retest his hearing. I'm on top of it, but I just didn't want to hear today that Ty has MORE hurdles.
My husband is wonderful and patient and he allows me to rant and rave. Then he gently tells me what I need to hear. "Maybe some of Tyler's classroom issues are exacerbated by his vision problems and hearing problems." Of course, I'm glad they discovered this and I want to get Ty the help he needs, but I just want it all to be ok sometimes.
So, I'm praying for God to give me the right words and a patient heart as I help Ty through all of this. He's beginning to feel that he's different. He feels discouraged that it takes him longer to do schoolwork. He feels sad when he gets a failing grade on a paper. We point out all of the things he's good at and we are searching for things he likes that make him feel proud. I know that we are just scratching the surface and I'm sure there will be things that come up. I'm just praying for God to help me one of those people who can handle things, because some days I don't feel like that person at all. ~