Comments on: Never say never! http://jenkrause.com/blog/2009/08/never-say-never/ by Jen Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:07:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Jen http://jenkrause.com/blog/2009/08/never-say-never/#comment-1874 Jen Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:34:17 +0000 http://jenkrause.com/blog/?p=1096#comment-1874 Hi Jenny, So glad you found me. I was looking at your blog. Yes, seems we have alot in common! Your pictures are wonderful, and your children are so precious. We have also had concerns about Luke having seizures. After the winter months last year they seemed to magically disappear. But I just had this strange feeling that when we head back into the fall with all the sickness going around if that would trigger them again. I have noticed even if Luke gets a little cold it seems like his problems start back up. Would love to know more about what you've dealt with. I can honestly say the thing that has helped Luke the most is getting with a speech therapist who knows how to use the Nancy Kaufman method in treating children with Apraxia. I also attended her conference and it was the best thing I could ever done. She is the Apraxia guru!! I encourage you to check into Nancy Kaufman if you haven't already. I Look forward to sharing with you. Prayers for your sweet Nathan and family- Love,Jen Hi Jenny, So glad you found me. I was looking at your blog. Yes, seems we have alot in common! Your pictures are wonderful, and your children are so precious. We have also had concerns about Luke having seizures. After the winter months last year they seemed to magically disappear. But I just had this strange feeling that when we head back into the fall with all the sickness going around if that would trigger them again. I have noticed even if Luke gets a little cold it seems like his problems start back up. Would love to know more about what you’ve dealt with. I can honestly say the thing that has helped Luke the most is getting with a speech therapist who knows how to use the Nancy Kaufman method in treating children with Apraxia. I also attended her conference and it was the best thing I could ever done. She is the Apraxia guru!! I encourage you to check into Nancy Kaufman if you haven’t already. I Look forward to sharing with you. Prayers for your sweet Nathan and family- Love,Jen

]]> By: Jenny http://jenkrause.com/blog/2009/08/never-say-never/#comment-1873 Jenny Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:07:15 +0000 http://jenkrause.com/blog/?p=1096#comment-1873 Hello Jen, I stumbled across your blog the other day and have now bookmarked it for reference. I REALLY enjoy your outlook and optimism on your families journey with apraxia. I also have a son with apraxia. Nathan will be 3 this coming Tuesday (Aug. 18th) and has just "graduated" from our states early intervention program. He received speech therapy 2x/mo., play therapy 2x/mo. and 3 hours of preschool each week. Not nearly enough one on one and he has not made especially great progress this past year. I feel I sometimes live in denial about how serious the issue is but, when I open my eyes, I see there is a great opportunity to get to work here! Last week, after reading through some of your entries and also in light of early intervention ending I went to the local Lakeside Learning and purchased some small items for use with Nathan at home. I set up a big desk in the living room and am planning to do much more one on one with him at home. He has about 40 words, mostly unintelligible to anyone but family and all spoken in a monotone. He puts 2 and 3 words together now (ie: "mommy wake up!", "Lightening go fast", Nay Nay (Nathan) do", etc. I guess if I look back on Nathan 1 year ago he really has come a LONG way. He was only saying "ooof" this time last year! He would use "ooof" for everything. Anyway, I find a lot of similarity between your son and mine and maybe we can share progress with eachother? I am either going to start a new blog for Nathan or just start writing progress reports on my own blog. I really look forward to reading more as your son learns to find his voice! - Jenny www.sunboxstudio.com/blog/jenny Hello Jen,
I stumbled across your blog the other day and have now bookmarked it for reference. I REALLY enjoy your outlook and optimism on your families journey with apraxia. I also have a son with apraxia. Nathan will be 3 this coming Tuesday (Aug. 18th) and has just “graduated” from our states early intervention program. He received speech therapy 2x/mo., play therapy 2x/mo. and 3 hours of preschool each week. Not nearly enough one on one and he has not made especially great progress this past year. I feel I sometimes live in denial about how serious the issue is but, when I open my eyes, I see there is a great opportunity to get to work here!

Last week, after reading through some of your entries and also in light of early intervention ending I went to the local Lakeside Learning and purchased some small items for use with Nathan at home. I set up a big desk in the living room and am planning to do much more one on one with him at home.

He has about 40 words, mostly unintelligible to anyone but family and all spoken in a monotone. He puts 2 and 3 words together now (ie: “mommy wake up!”, “Lightening go fast”, Nay Nay (Nathan) do”, etc. I guess if I look back on Nathan 1 year ago he really has come a LONG way. He was only saying “ooof” this time last year! He would use “ooof” for everything.

Anyway, I find a lot of similarity between your son and mine and maybe we can share progress with eachother? I am either going to start a new blog for Nathan or just start writing progress reports on my own blog.

I really look forward to reading more as your son learns to find his voice!

- Jenny
http://www.sunboxstudio.com/blog/jenny

]]> By: aunt paula and uncle bob http://jenkrause.com/blog/2009/08/never-say-never/#comment-1872 aunt paula and uncle bob Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:02:40 +0000 http://jenkrause.com/blog/?p=1096#comment-1872 And so the summer goes - bright shiny as the sun. See the halo of light in your hair, mother and son. It is as if God has reached down and touched two of His favorite people with love. And the smiles tell it all - here there is hope and joy and beauty in the face of a child, a little boy who just loves life! Keep smiling little Luke, God will continue to bless you! We love you all, Aunt Paula and Uncle Bob And so the summer goes - bright shiny as the sun. See the halo of light in your hair, mother and son. It is as if God has reached down and touched two of His favorite people with love. And the smiles tell it all - here there is hope and joy and beauty in the face of a child, a little boy who just loves life! Keep smiling little Luke, God will continue to bless you!

We love you all,
Aunt Paula and Uncle Bob

]]> By: Woody http://jenkrause.com/blog/2009/08/never-say-never/#comment-1871 Woody Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:17:09 +0000 http://jenkrause.com/blog/?p=1096#comment-1871 Jen Luke has really come a long way in the last year, I think our prayers are being answered. Never say something can't be done. Love you all. Pops Jen
Luke has really come a long way in the last year, I think our prayers are being answered. Never say something can’t be done.
Love you all.
Pops

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