Call me crazy but I was expecting things to get better, faster, once Gavin was out of the house. I knew that things wouldn't be better right away, I guess I was just hoping.  As it stands, Gavin's been gone for almost 2 weeks and things are still not going well on the home front.  We met with Dr. Patti last night and talked about that very thing.  She said that unfortunately, this is not something that's going to be fixed overnight.  This is very likely going to take a long time.  To show you just how traumatized Lizze is,  the very thought of him coming home puts her in the fetal position, sobbing. Gavin returned home briefly yesterday morning and that very brief return, less than an hour, knocked…

I feel like we've come full circle with Emmett in many ways.  However, the most prominent is his return to extreme levels of perfection. Everything in Emmett's life must be perfect. If it's not he screams. Throughout each and every day, I'm constantly having to address this with him.  I try to reassure him that everything is okay and attempt to help him work through it.  Unfortunately, there is literally nothing that we have found that helps.  Anymore, much of the day is spent tripping over words, trying not to say the wrong thing and set him off. We've tried sensory processing things like, massage or joint manipulation.  I can't begin to explain how overwhelmingly frustrating this is, for all involved. Emmett's miserable and the constant screaming is unbearable, especially…

Emmett woke up this morning in the worst mood possible. I don't know what the heck is going on with him. All I can say is thank God there's school today.

I want to focus on getting the #Autism Help Forums busy once again and so I wanted to share today's topic. In the #Autism Help Forums, I call this an Ice Breaker. It's meant to bring in the lurkers and facilitate conversation. Please follow the link below and sign up for free and join the conversation. You can post pictures and videos and otherwise express yourself in more ways. http://lostandtired.com/autismhelp/showthread.php?t=21 Tips for those long waits at the doctors

Lizze just received a call about her Grandfather.  We need to say our goodbyes as soon as possible.  Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.  Please keep Lizze and her family in them as well, especially Lizze's dad. 

Elliott will be seen in immunology today.  We need to make sure that he hasn't developed an allergy since he was tested last year. This will likely be a really fun appointment.  However, it's a necessary evil at this point.  Fingers crossed that everything is okay. :-)