Log Jam

Good news! Jared’s tests with Dr. C. went really well yesterday. He completed 9 subtests! I don’t know how many subtests, of the 36, we have left. I heard some of the tests and quietly cheered him on from the other room. Yesterday was the most hope-filled day of tests I’ve had. Woohoo!

Dr. C. explained it this way: When she was in Alaska, she saw this stream that was jammed by a whole bunch of logs. She watched a man go up to a hill and stare down at all the logs jamming up the flowing water. He stood there for 2 hours. Then he came down and removed one log… one specific log… and all the other logs freed up and the stream was free flowing again. She compared this to Jared. She said that all these things she’s bringing up with us (i.e. he can’t sequence, he mixes up his letters, he can’t hold information, etc.) are symptoms. They are just a bunch of logs that are blocking the flow. We don’t heal everything we see. We don't heal every symptom. Just like if you were to merely start picking up logs, the water wouldn’t start flowing. There won’t be any change. You have to find the right log.

She said that many kids in schools are diagnosed with spelling problems. The school helps them work on their spelling and they are 90% helped. But the spelling is not the root problem. Spelling problems are caused by a root issue like visual and memory processing. We are trying to find the root issue within Jared. What a relief that we don't have to fix all his symtoms, just find the right log! I truly believe we can do that with Dr. C. She is such a blessing to us!

But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. Jeremiah 17:7 (NIV)