PTL

A little over a year ago, Chloe was a little behind in her development. She was close to 18mos. old and was still unable to roll over, crawl or move from a laying to a sitting to a standing position on her own. She also did not have any words and didn't even assign the title of "momma" and "dadda" to me or Jeff.

Obviously, we were concerned and on the advice of an American Pediatrician we took her to a developmental pediatrician in Bangkok. The pediatrician recommended we begin physical therapy a couple times per week in our city and then periodically do follow-up visits with a speech therapist in Bangkok.

Finding an English-speaking speech therapist in Asia is akin to finding a million dollars in a trashcan. It just isn't common. So every month Chloe and I would fly to bangkok, visit the speech therapist and then fly back all on the same day. Fortunately, we were able to work with our local hospital in Chiang Mai to provide physical and occupational therapy for Chloe twice per week.

We also explored the possibilities of Muscular Dystrophy, Austism and Cerebral Palsy. An MRI and CT scan were done to explore possibilities of epilepsy because of her febrile seizures and family history. All tests came back normal.

Last week, we had a developmental specialist and a speech therapist evaluate Chloe's progress. I am pleased to report that Chloe is on par in most all areas of development. She is still slightly behind in language but not enough to warrant continued speech therapy. Additionally, she no longer needs to continue physical or occupational therapy.

This is a huge blessing because if the therapist had recommended continued speech therapy we would have possibly had to reconsider our position with our company. English speech therapy resources are not available in most parts of Asia which would mean that we probably would not have been able to return overseas.

We have been so blessed with this news and are looking forward to not having to spend gobs of time visiting doctors and specialists in Taiwan.