From Lisa, Nick’s mom:
On Friday, Sept. 14th Nicholas went to school with Shelby, the Child Life Specialist at Children's.
Nicholas did great; he would call on the kids by name and then answered their question. He was able to show them he was still Nick - he just talks differently and is in a wheelchair.
The following Monday he started 8th grade. He goes from 8:00 - 11am and is taking Language Arts and Algebra. He came into the middle of a novel and a review of the past month in math, but that didn't stop him from raising his hand to answer questions (some were right, some wrong). I guess I shouldn't be surprised but I was! He continues to pleasantly surprise us. He will be adding more classes as the weeks go by.
While I enjoy going through 8th grade again and faking my way through Algebra, this week the school is interviewing for his aide. This will be great for him, since he really doesn't enjoy having mom around!
The next couple of weeks will be filled with testing from the medical and school end of things. It would be nice if they could share their results with one another but that's not how the system works.
The East County Posse continues to make changes to the house. They have widened his doorway, and gutted the bathroom. They will also be pouring 3 concrete ramps. We are so excited for these changes. They will give him the independence he craves.
1 comment:
hey nick i was so happy when you came back to school
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