Prayer request and update

Alex has an appointment on Wed, April 23 at the Univ. of Alabama International Adoption Clinic. We have heard great things about them and they have a pediatrician, developmental and occupational therapist that will just help us asses how Alex is developing, etc.. after being home a year. We are looking forward to it as sometimes it is so hard to know, and it would be great to get input from professionals who are familiar with the issues of international adoption, etc.. We know Alex is doing well and made incredible progress, but it would be unrealistic to think he isn't going to deal with issues stemming from his background and we just want to make sure we are doing all we can to help him.
His first year home we were very focused on loving him, him attaching to us, and getting him healthy. That has been really successful, we think. Now as he starts kindergarten next year and is more involved socially (T-ball, tumbling) we want to make sure we are helping him all we can.
We knew originally he had Sensory Integration issues, which is expected since he was so neglected in his first years of his life of any sensory input (and basically everything- love, attention, food, toys, clothing). This displayed itself when he was first home as spinning a lot, moving constantly, touching everything, not being conscious of pain (he would get a severe burn on his finger and be seemingly unaware of it), clumsy, bumping into things, unable to pay attention. He has done so much better on these areas (especially the pain one as that worried me the most), and some he still struggles with. It is something that doesn't really go away but kids mature and learn to cope with it better and control themselves more. When they are young they need us parents to help them cope.
He also has a very, very short attention span and gets distracted easily. Part of it of course is being a little boy, but his is more than that. At home it takes enormous continual effort to get him to engage in a task or school work. And we know at preschool it can be difficult for his teacher, but he is improving.
We know a lot of things will develop as he ages and matures, but we also recognize where he comes from and want to help all we can.
We just pray this appointment will be helpful.. but also a realistic picture of what's going on and how we can help him the most. So we ask for your prayers on that, and we also wanted to update on some of the struggles we have . Mostly, though, as you all know Alex is so much fun and such a blessing and we are absolutely loving being his parents!!