We made our 3rd dive today. It is going well. Jackson's ears seemed to be bothering him, so today they gave him some earplanes ear plugs that seemed to help with the pressure. I go in with him because of the risk of vomiting. He did vomit as he was coming out of the chamber on dive 2, I think because his ears were bothering him. We are doing a series of 40 dives.
In other news, Lee sent Dizzy to boot camp!!! Yes, Dizzy was driving us crazy so we decided to get a professional to work with him. He has been there for about a week and a half, and the changes are amazing. One of the biggest problems was how Dizzy would act with Jackson. He would sometimes lay on Jackson's legs, which is wonderful...but more often, he would get in Jackson's face and start licking him on the face which would cause Jackson to barf.
Today I took Jackson to visit him at boot camp, and he very calmly sat on Jackson's lap in his wheelchair. Jackson got to pet him, and (after he realized that Dizzy was not going to get into his face) really enjoyed being close to his doggie. We are going to do a home visit next week with the trainer so Dizzy knows all the good stuff he has been learning at camp also applies when he gets into the house.
Also, his assistive tech eval went very well, sorry for not updating sooner. They recommended he get the Mighty Mo communicator by Dynavox and a head switch. He really did great with the head switch, it seems like it is much easier for him to operate than a hand switch.
