"Just had an amazing time that was truly planned by The Lord. Not only did I get to meet and talk with my new doc but The Lord answered prayer by letting me meet a sweet lady who went beyond the call of duty to direct me to open doors of opportunity for David. I don't know where it will lead but thankful to be reminded yet again that He hears and knows our needs and desires and will lead and direct in His time to His perfect plan and will." Facebook post on June 24, 2015
Wow! As I read that two years later I am in awe of His faithfulness and goodness to us! So many things have transpired from that meeting. I am beyond grateful for my sweet friend who brought me there that night. Little did I know it was the beginning of an awesome journey.
This lady worked for a local provider of services for those that are in need of assistance for children or adults with special needs of any kind. They provide case workers to help families and individuals through the process of applying for services as well as continuing to keep it. I had tried to apply for what they call an EDCD waiver all on my own and it was a nightmare! I knew David was fully eligible but I didn't know how to apply for it and tried to do it all on my own. He didn't have a caseworker to help at the time because I didn't know it was available to David. Sooooo frustrating! So at that time I just gave up. Then about 2 years later I started to pray about it again because Davids therapies were getting too expensive even with insurance and we started to see that he was in need of a more expensive therapy called ABA. I just didn't want to go through the same exhausting ordeal. But I prayed.
So about 6 months later I went to this meeting where I met this lady named Ruby. She was amazing! She took 30 minutes and listened and then gave me the number to the president of the agency. I called him the next morning and by the afternoon David had a caseworker! Just like that! She has been a God send! When we met we decided that we were going to take our time in preparing for the application process for the waiver and it took us 6 months of meeting once a month and researching in between. When you apply for the waiver a nurse comes from the health department and you have 15 min to convince this person you have never met that your child needs the services that the waiver provides. It is nerve racking! I prayed and prayed and prayed. The day of the meeting came and it did not go well. I thought for sure he was denied but I just surrendered and prayed. I knew the Lord knew Davids needs and He would provide in His timing. Two weeks later we were notified that the LORD did allow us to be approved!!!!! That was in August 2016 and it has been TRULY LIFECHANGING!!!!!!
David has had ABA therapy 3x a week as well as speech therapy one day a week. When he started ABA in October all he would do was cry when we tried to put him on the potty at 4.5 years old. Now he is 95% potty trained!!!!!!! PTL!!!!! He wears underwear almost everywhere and soon won't need to have pull ups at all!!!!! I think his Dad and I will celebrate when that happens!!! His speech has come so far and he has just blossomed! His teachers have noticed a huge change at school as well. He still struggles with eating but has made progress in that as well. He is starting to say the funniest things and his personality is coming out so much more! He has also said so many sweet things to his friends that we have witnessed and it has been so great! I'm sooooooo proud of him!!!!
We have also been able to hire 3 ladies that have spent time with him and worked with him while I work during the day. The waiver provides that as well. We have really been blessed by them and the changes in David are also due to their impact as well. There is very little time that David does not get interaction of some kind and it has made a huge difference! Soooo very grateful!
Oh how good the Lord has been to us! We thank Him and look forward to all that He has in store for David and our family!
"Oh taste and SEE that the Lord is good! Blessed are those who put their trust in Him!"
Psalm 34:8
