#Tell your story a second introduction

Hi, I'm Erwin. I was introduced to the Steemit community by my wife's cousin, @Jedau, who penned the heart-warming and fantastically-written "A Day in the Clouds" inspired by the day that our boy wandered off. Since then, we have received tremendous support from this community, and for that, we are eternally grateful. This will be my medium for posting Zeppelin's progress, adventures and misadventures along with other boring stuff that comes across my mind.

I'm a father of three, two of them neurotypical -- my eldest, Kirsten, and my youngest, Vedder. The star of this account is our middle-child, Zeppelin. Zepp was born in 2010 by C-section, right there and then, the pediatrician noticed that he was having difficulty breathing, so he stayed in Neonatal ICU for a couple of weeks to get rid of his infection. My memories of that day are now vague but the gist of it is that was brain suffered from oxygen deprivation. He was a colicky baby growing up, milestones and progress in the first couple of years were at the far end of the curve. His pediatrician finally suggested that we see a Developmental Pedia when he was 2.5 years old, and he was finally diagnosed with GDD (Global Developmental Delay).

Fast-forward to four years of Special Education, Occupational Therapies, Speech Therapies, and here we are today. He's just now turned 7, he still can't speak, and has the developmental age of 2. A lot of inchstones has happened since then, progress is painstakingly slow, but I'd still take it. He's not a picky eater and has the appetite of a construction worker. He loves swimming, that's why we take him out to the beach or to a pool every chance we get. :)

I'm working from home as a transcriptionist, which gives me the chance to look after them while working, else my wife would be locked up in loonie bin by this time with all the craziness that we face in our day-to-day lives. LOL

If you haven't read A Day in The Clouds yet, please do check it out.
https://steemit.com/fiction/@jedau/a-day-in-the-clouds-1498532817-1375682