Finally!!

After 10 years of going to the Paediatrician, every 3 months, Cameron has finally been given the ALL CLEAR and he no longer has to go see him.

YES he will always have Asperger's Syndrome, BUT, in the last 12 months he has learnt how to live with it and try to control his Aspy bursts (arm flapping, tics etc). Arm and hand flapping has ceased totally, the anxiety isn't so bad at all anymore (he coped very well with the house move and progress into high school). Yes he still nail bites, but then, so do I, so the doctor thinks this may be an inherited trait as most of my family bite their nails (my father was dreadful for it and so was my sister). Some of his traits, we have come to the conclusion, are just the onset of Puberty (which Cam just preened about LOL). SO with persistence and patience, we have finally jumped the biggest hurdle and onto the next!

If it becomes too much, or I feel that other aspects of the syndrome are starting to filter through, I can at anytime go see his doctor, which is reassuring to know. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when the doctor said "Well, I think we needn't see you anymore Cameron young Chap. Your not cured, but your coping marvelously!" My biggest regret now, is not taking my camera into the doctors with me to get a photo of that huge smile when the doctor said it (and a photo of him with his doctor) oh well, we are literally over the back fence from the hospital where the paediatrics are, so we can always go visit him to get one LOL.

So it's onwards and upwards from here on in, learning to live without the medication and doctors that have been a HUGE part of our lives over a whole decade (it's exactly 10 years since Cam was diagnosed with Epilepsy and exactly 5 years since he was diagnosed with Asperger's). The doctor said he would overcome it, because he had the willpower to meet it head on AND he has! The doc also said, he would outgrow his epilepsy AND he has!

SO proud of my little man for overcoming all these obstacles in his short little life. I'm not saying it's going to be easy from now on in, LOL PUBERTY for goodness sake, Like, I've been there 3 times before with his sisters and brother LOL..but, it's a start!!!

Anything is possible if you persevere long and hard. It's hard work, but the end results are worth it. (Hmmm I'll come back to this post in 2 years LOL let you know how it works out LOL)

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GOOD LUCK!!!!!!

I also want to wish my adopted mum, Heather, good luck for her 2 week stay in hospital!! She's in Brisbane having pain management. To say I'm worried sick, is an understatement, but I'm sure, with her determination, she'll be home soon, fighting fit and outlasting us all at our scrapbooking nights!

I swear that woman has the stamina of a 20yr old LOL, she is always the last one to pack up, never yawns and powers along, not like the rest of us!! LOL.

I loves you mother!!!! I'm so glad we found each other to adopt!!

GET WELL SOON OK!!