Spelling Meltdown

Yesterday was the first day back to school after Spring Break.  Adam quickly got back into the routine and started doing his homework when he got home.  Mondays (almost) always have a new spelling list to go over.  I asked if he had looked the words over before I started quizzing him and he quickly read them and said he was ready.  The first 6 words went well.  The last 4 are "bonus" words that usually have some kind of "hunk and chunk" they are working on.  One of the words was "whispered".  He was having some trouble with the wh and I said it's probably one of your hunk 'n chunks.  He asked if it had an -ed and I said yes.  Total tearfest!!!   I told him I thought the -wh- was the problem and he said that was an old one they learned months ago. He saw on the board today that they did -ed- while he was at speech so he missed the phonics dance/ chant to learn it all because he "has a terrible voice and has to go to speech."  (Awww!)  He did not want to listen to anything I had to say to help him out and just could not stop crying and yelling - which of course brings Dave up from work.  Dave tries to calm him down while I email his teacher to make sure she goes over it with him because he is convinced that they will not have phonics for another week and he will NOT be able to do his spelling without it.  Then Adam says (get your tissues ready because it made me cry) - "I was made with a terrible voice.  Do you know who made me? (I'm expecting some kind of parental slam here). God did!  He made me have a terrible voice that I have to go to speech for!"  :(

Dave was able to talk him down and show him how to separate the words and just add -ed at the end.  Adam also had speech at Specialized Speech with a substitute teacher that we were a little worried about (he always says he only likes Miss Allie) but Dave gave him an incentive (a toy that he had wanted but he did not want ON Easter) and he did fantastic!  He did his "R" words with about 83% accuracy! 

Adam also informed me this morning that he can cry at will.  We have a future actor on our hands...

Bloodwork normal!

Wow that was fast!  Nurse called today to say the bloodwork was normal and we'll just wait to see what the hematologist says. (It could take 7-10 days for them to get in touch with us).

Ultrasound results

Adam's ultrasound came back normal but the spleen is still slightly enlarged.  Our pediatrician has an order in for some blood work and has referred us to a hematology specialist at Children's.  I'm hoping to bribe Adam to get the labs drawn this afternoon so we can see as soon as possible if the cbc shows anything.  Why didn't she draw labs a year ago when this started?  Ugh!  Nerve-wracking but hopefully it will be nothing.