Gavin had bloodwork done about an hour or so ago. At this point, he seems to have stabilized enough to be sent home. We'll know more when the blood work comes back.  Thus far, things have been interesting.  Gavin was in full on drama queen mode. He was screaming and crying for no reason, other than trying to get the attention of the pretty nurses.  Very frustrating on our end because his behavior made things more difficult on everyone.  I missed Elliott's promotion and Gavin's acting like a drama queen.  This has nothing to do with aspergers, autism or overstimulation.. It's all about getting attention and cresting a scene.  That would be the reactive attachment disorder.  I realize that none of this is his fault per say. However he is…

We have actually been for awhile now and are still waiting to go back.  It appears that they are pretty busy at the moment.  We have to wait for a room with a monitor. Gavin's slowly become more stable as time goes on.  Hopefully we'll get back there and we can figure out what's going on.  We had to miss Elliott's promotion. I saw him as he was going do to the dojo and I let him know that we were going to have to be with Gavin at the hospital and he was really disappointed.  He didn't want to be doing the promotion in the first place, so this really sucks.  Thankfully my parents are there with Emmett to cheer him on and take pictures. I friggin hate this. 

We just got home from Gavin's martial arts promotion.  Gavin did really well and I will have pictures up when I can.  Right now, we have a problem.  It looks like Gavin is in another autonomic crisis.  After promotion we got spend some time with him in his classroom.  He didn't look good to me and I asked him to check his heart rate.  He did and it was 50 bpm, standing up.  That would explain why he was so shaky and pale. I had him sit down and take it again.  This time his heart rate shot all the way back up to 138 bpm. That's almost a 100 bpm difference. That's not good at all.  Your body is supposed to compensate when you transition between sitting and standing. …

Lizze and I have found ourselves in a position where we aren't sure what the right thing to do is. Normally these positions revolve around Gavin but this time it's Elliott. As many of you know, Elliott has aspergers and severe anxiety.  He's been through a great deal in his life, especially in the last month or so. This week at school is martial arts promotion and the schools annual Christmas program. Elliott wants nothing to do both either.  Promotion is actually this afternoon around 2pm. However, that conflicts with Elliott's weekly OT appointment. At this point, Elliott is doesn't want to miss OT. He's also dead set on not participating in the Christmas show his classroom is putting on this Thursday. As his parent, I'm at a loss as…