Saturday, April 25, 2009

The late walking

Let's get back to the symptoms we didn't know about...

William only started walking at 21 months. There was nothing wrong with his feet, legs, hips or spine. Our family doctor just called him a "late walker" but asked us a few questions about William's learning. His speech was still just a baby's babbling, he still had frequent tantrums, he was picky with his food (when I say picky... I mean PICKY!).

William was also not responding to his name, at almost 2 years old. He would watch TV standing right in front of it and he would crank the volume as high as possible. All those things we told our family doctor worried him and he transferred us to a pediatrician specialized in Autism, ADD, ADHD, and the kind.

We were told it would take maybe up to 6 months to get an appointment but we were lucky to get called within less than 2 months. Dr. Michael Dickinson, here in New Brunswick Canada, is the one who started us with the whole process of finding out if there was anything wrong with William. So we started by meeting with the pediatric team, which was out of town but fortunately not that far.

Next post... The Journey With The Pediatric Team


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