Please bare with me as this may be a bit rambling.
DS1 (7) had an appointment with the occupational therapist and paediatrician last Friday. DS has always struggled a little with fine and gross motor skills and for some time I had suspected mild dyspraxia. We've worked a lot on the gross motor skills and DS managed to get 50th centile on the tests. They did identify some fine motor problems and will be sending an OT into school to put some things in place to help him out.
So, to get to the point, the paediatrician spotted a birth mark (cafe au lait) on his leg and asked if he had any others - I mentioned three on his side and upon examination the doctor found seven.
So, she suspects NF1. She started off saying she wanted to rule it out, but after speaking to one of her colleagues it seems that she is working more towards confirmation and is arranging further tests at the eye clinic.
I have worked myself in to a real state with the help of google (malignancy, leukeamia, 15 years of life expectancy) DH is burying his head in the sand and is convinced that there is nothing wrong and won't talk about it.
Looking at the signs DS does have some but not all-
- general clumsiness and problems with fine and gross motor control
- the birth marks
- large head
- no learning difficulties - except he is awful at spelling (although way ahead with reading and matts)
- can be rather emotional
On the other hand though
- he is tall
- make friends easily
- is generally bright
I am probably going to go slowly mad until we get the next appointment through and was hoping that one of you might know more than google about it - thank you.