Lorraine,many thanks for getting this forum set up!
And thank you to Bo and Janet too!
Well,I'm Korrie, I'm a single mom raising 4 children. My girls are my surviving triplets-they were 24 weekers and spent 4 and 5 months each in the NICU. Robin had ROP that required laser surgery and now she wears glasses. She is very nearsighted but other than that, she is doing great! Abby is also pretty well on target with her peers. She is physically small for her age-about the size of a 2 yr old- but she's a tough little ball of dynamite! Abby had a speech delay and went thru EI,she had PT and ST then went into the school district program for 1/2 a school year last year. She decided at her 3rd birthday, that she wanted to finally talk to us. She literally went overnight from about 25 words to speaking in sentances. I felt like such a fool-like an overprotective mom! But she does still have articulation issues and requires speech but I didn't put her back into the program b/c of Henry's health. Abby also has ADHD and is on adderall XR. From the moment she became mobile I knew it! That girl is a firecracker and gives me a run for my money every day! LOL! My Mom tells me she is exactly the child I was (I also have ADHD)except I was worse! The Girls are 4 1/2 now and will start kindergarten in August 2oo5. My son, McLean , is now 2 1/2 and I believe he also has ADHD. The pedi won't let me medicate him this young (Abby started at 3) but I ,unofficially did a few days and he responds very well to adderall XR..... McLean also has a speech issue. BAsically,he talks like a robot.He was born with that funny voice-he's very husky sounding- and it never raised any flags for me. My neice has the same type of voice and so did I as a child. but we both have inflections when we talk! LOL! Henry's speech therapist and PT noticed Mac's voice and suggested an eval for EI so he's now in the program too and next month we start the 120 days stuff to get him into the school district program. I am taking him to an ENT next week to rule out any physical cause for his voice being so strange. (Strangers even comment on it.) He was my 40 weeker, 8lb 8oz baby! Last, and certainly not least, is my precious baby boy, Henry. He is 16 months old now and just the cutest baby in the whole wide world! Ok,I'm a little biased.... anyway, Henry was born with Down Syndrome. We were quite shocked as the ultrasounds (2) and triple screen test showed nothing. He was 4 days old before we had genetic confirmation. Henry was born with torticollis that progressed and he ended up with plagiocephaly also and a DOC band. He also had a heart murmur and a small hole in his heart. Both has spontaneously resovled, thank Goodness! His eyes are crossed, despite my lame attempts at patching, and next week he goes for surgery. Developmentally,I am beginning to see some delays. EI comes out and he has ST,PT and the coordinater comes out to work with him too. He recently learned to pull up to stand and he does it constantly! He is babbling alot and says about 10 words but not consistently. He also has 2 signs He is very sweet natured and always has a smile for us. He is such a joy and I couldn't imagine my life without him. Well,any of them really! Can't wait to meet everyone else!

Korrie~
^i^B/G/G 24 w 3d,1/17/00
B 10/31/01
B 1/27/03

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