So relieved,

today I was talking with one of my instructors and I don't know how the topic of my son came up and suddenly we were discussing the fact that I have him in speech therapy. He asked me a couple of questions and told me that his son had had exactly the same problem. Then he urged me to have him tested by the county and put into the PLACE program which is exactly what I'm attempting to get done. Finally, another parent who can understand where I am and what I'm going through. They boys (Oren and Tristan) are almost identical in their behavior with the same reticence to speak in public because they knew they had speech and language issues. He said within a year they had Oren up to speed with the rest of his age group when at 4 1/2, he'd actually had the speech of a 2 1/2 year old.

There is a God. Now I just have to wait until August when he goes for his final evaluation. For the first time in my life, I actually want him to do badly at something that so the qualifies for the program. But I've felt a bit alone in the last few months and finally I'm beginning to see a glimmer of hope.