Let's start at the beginning

It’s a very good place to start.

Dustin and I started dating at the end of 2003. We both worked for a newspaper. Eventually we went to work for a paper in Katy and moved. We eventually got engaged and married in 2010.

We had Lizzie on August 23, 2011. She had a milk protein allergy. But other than that a pretty good baby.

We had a miscarriage at 8 weeks, followed by a chemical pregnancy and then lost another pregnancy, Luke, at 16 weeks.

After being told that we shouldn’t have anymore children by a genetic counselor, we found out in October of 2014, that we were expecting.

I was brought in for testing, blood work and monitoring because of pregnancy history and because I was 37. We were going to have a boy and everything was going great.

Cooper wasn’t a rough delivery. But we did have problems pulling him out. But he came out.

Cooper ended up with a milk protein allergy, eczema and reflux. But he still hit every single milestone. He was climbing before he could walk!

When he was 18 months, he vomited for 54 days straight. After numerous testing, Cooper was found to have severe silent reflux. During this time he stopped taking and his speech became delayed.

Over the next few years and struggling in his 2 year old daycare class, we had him tested for speech and occupational therapy. There we found that Cooper is delayed in speech and has pervasive developmental disorder and is a sensory seeker.

He ended up having an endoscopy to check his reflux and was found to have ulcers and some reflux. He also had tubes put in his ears in November of 2018. (One has already fallen out – drats!)

We had him genetically tested by a neurologist and it was found he didn’t have any issues. However, we have yet to do an EEG on him.

He was tested by the school system and was found to have speech issues and autistic.

So this is where we are today.