Preparing for school

First off, just wanted to share with everyone that Hannah’s “mysterious lump” was just a cyst!!!!   Talk about relief 🙂   Even better, it is almost gone already.

Next week is a big week for Hannah’s educational, therapeutic, and socializational future.   We have her first IEP planning meeting on September 1st.  You know, I just realized that I don’t even know where the meeting is being held — I better call on Monday to find out!

But before that meeting, Hannah has an audiology appt on Monday and then on Tuesday a pre-IEP meeting with the school district nursing supervisor, Ethan and Abby’s new school nurse, and a school district nurse who specializes in trach kids.   I felt very good that they called and wanted this meeting — tells me that they are really wanting to look at Hannah, the person, not Hannah, the “medically fragile kid on paper.”

I’m not sure what to expect at all for this IEP meeting.

Today we went to Ethan and Abby’s new school open house.   I just LOVED all the people there, the kids’ teachers, the support staff, and we even introduced ourselves to the school nurse who will be out to our house next week for the pre-IEP meeting.    They have a ‘strong’ special early education program, but I don’t know if it will be the right fit in their eyes for Hannah.

If Hannah could go to the kids’ school, OMG, that would be a dream come true!   Just thinking about it is getting me too excited — almost too good to be true.   I keep thinking how I would be able to volunteer at the kids’ classes while Hannah is in class, how if Hannah is needing some loving during the day, Abby and Ethan could be right there (boy were they excited about that idea!  “Mommy, I will come give Hannah kisses every day in class!”

Getting ahead of myself here, I know.   Keeping my fingers crossed that what is best for Hannah will work out to be there!