After being left with no answers and being told to wait longer for some answers, we decided we had enough. We were not going to let our little baby suffer anymore. My wife decided we should consider taking angel overseas so at least we would have someone who took look at her right away and maybe have some answers for us. So without thinking much, we put our life on a complete stand still leaving everything behind we left our home in search of answers. What were expecting out of this? We didn't know.....
Once we arrived in at our final destination ( i might reveal the actual location at a later time ) we were fortunate to meet a pediatician who has over 30 years experience dealing with kids and he is also a founder of a Autism school. Before we actually meet him, we were told to conduct a series of tests for angel and the good news was we could have them all done in 2 days. Image waiting for 6 months back home just to do the same thing!
Angel had a psychological, sensory, hearing and speech testing and a couple of other tests which I cannot recall at the moment. Once we had all the tests completed it was off the Pediatrician's office. I guess at this point if he told us angel had autism we wouldn't be surprised, my wife and I had mentally prepared ourselves for this. And true enough, the doctor finally confirmed our fears. Angel was diagnosed having Mild Autism. We had gone past the phase of getting emotional or angry or frustrated, all the feelings we have gone through were too weak to affect us now. although it was confirmed to us that angel was not going to be a like a normal kid anymore, deep down we knew it could have been a lot worse. We needed to be strong, but how long can we be this way??
The journey into Autism has only just begun!
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