By the time Matt was six months old, we thought the worst was behind us and, in many ways, it was. He has survived his surgery. His cardiologist was thrilled with his progress. I took him to his six month check up with his pediatrician expecting to only hear how happy she was at his progress.
Unfortunately, she was concerned with how delayed he was. I was completely unprepared for that comment. He looked amazing to me. She told us to get him evaluated and introduced us to the Harbor Regional Center. An appointment was made for someone to come to our house and evaluate Matt. The evaluation confirmed the doctor's concern: Matt was significantly delayed. We were assigned a counselor from Harbor Regional who would oversee his progress and it was decided that he should have an occupational therapist (OT) work with him twice a week for an hour each session.
What we did not know was with that evaluation and report, we had crossed over another threshold and start traveling down yet another unexpected road. On this road, we would meet and continue to meet many wonderful people who would help and have helped Matt to achieve hard to reach goals.
Our first angel was his first OT, Sally, who worked with him from seven months to two and a half years old. Oh the magic she did!!
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