11/16/2022
Cy's Hugsof Hope
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Cy’s Hugs of Hope will provide information, items, and moral support that will assist families with special needs children.
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Cyrus’s Story
Cyrus Zachariah is our middle son. He is a happy, healthy three-year-old boy. He loves cars, jumping and playing outside. He is a very curious boy always trying to solve puzzles and figure out what makes things work. For instance, he attempts to discover what makes the wheels of a truck spin. Above all else one of Cyrus’s absolute favorite things to do is give great big HUGS to the loved ones in his life. Anyone who knows Cyrus knows he has the greatest smile and gives the best hugs. He can truly bring a smile to anyone’s face. Cyrus brings joy to everyone’s heart without using a single word. He lives his day to day life without sharing a thought vocally.
Throughout Cyrus’s first year of life he met all major milestones. We had no concern, except for maybe walking. But at 14-15 months of age he met that milestone and never slowed down! He walked, ran, and jumped (he hasn’t stopped jumping!). We were slightly worried about sp*ech, while he was making sounds, he wasn’t really saying words. We also noted he really would not respond to his name or make eye contact. Somewhere between 12- and 15-months Cyrus did say one word, moon. He would look up into the sky and say moon! I was overjoyed, we all were. But soon after that, he stopped saying moon, in stead of minimal eye contact, there was none.
It was at this point we reached out to our pediatrician, he referred us to Early Steps. We took it upon ourselves to find a sp*ech therapist as well. The early interventionist and sp*ech therapist made a huge difference over the course of the next 6 months. He began making eye contact and responding to his name. It was slow, but the progress was notable. Every person who met Cyrus made sure to mention how sweet and loving he was. Despite the lack of eye contact and vocalization, his heart showed through. He loves so purely that there is no need for words.
We waited six long months to meet with a developmental pediatrician. On the way to see this physician the anxiety grew inside me, I was hoping for answers, but worried about what those answers meant. We had already suspected he was autistic, but we didn’t really know what that meant. At this visit she was not ready to diagnose him. She simply recommended we continue with the same therapies he was receiving, and she would see him again in six months.
