It seems we have spent the last 3 weeks or so at the hospital or doctor’s offices and that’s because we kind of have done so. Jude has had a lot of appointments and Asher has also had some standard appointments. One of Jude’s recent appointments was a neuropsychological evaluation, to determine if the brain tumor impacted Jude intellectually, cognitively or behaviorally. Although the doctor had some theories about how the tumor may have impacted certain test results, I feel confident it has not had an impact. Jude’s testing revealed that he has an IQ of 129, which is superior and makes him a genius, at least with respect to 4 year olds. The testing also placed him socially at age 6, which was the ceiling for a 4 year old. But, for self-help skills, he tested lower than his age at 3 years. When I asked Jude about that later he said something like, “Why should I do something if I can get someone else to do it for me?” So, it appears I need to stop babying Jude and make him start doing more tasks himself. The neuropsychological evaluation report also reminded me of something I had forgotten about — that the post-surgery vision exam revealed that he suffered peripheral vision loss in his right eye as a result of the tumor. Other than that, it seems the tumor has had no impact.