CDC recommends booster shots for whooping cough outbreak. Courtesy of Fox News http://fxn.ws/PzurdE I talked about Whooping Cough the other day but hadn't realized just how bad things have gotten. More states have declared a Whooping Cough epidemic and majority of the USA has reported significant increases in cases. This is really scary. This is the article from Fox News. You can follow the above link for the original article. If you thought whooping cough went the way of beriberi and other 19th-century diseases with fanciful names, think again. Whooping cough is back with a vengeance with the worse outbreak in the United States in 50 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As of this month, 46 states have reported increases in cases compared with…

I'm trying to focus on as much of the positive as I can. While that's honestly not very easy, I'm really putting an effort into it. That is why I can decided to call this new journey Operation Hope. Basically, Operation Hope is a process of not only helping Gavin but also the Lost and Tired family's effort to reclaim our lives and begin the process of healing. As part of this, I have decided to create a button or logo to symbolize what we are trying to save. The first battle of Operation Hope, is getting Gavin medically stabilized so that residential treatment is possible. Only then will the healing begin, for anyone. This is just a rough draft and it needs cleaned up a bit but I wanted to share this with you all…

Gavin is simply in rare form today.  We almost had another tantrum this morning because we corrected him for yelling at his little brothers.  Again,  Gavin was only concerned with the fact that he was in trouble and not that he had done something wrong or scared his brothers.  I can't explain just how difficult it is to discipline a child that simply doesn't care. Brothers yell at each other right? That's pretty typical.  However, Gavin is not even close to being your typical child.  It's way to easy for Gavin to fly of the handle and do something that causes injury to those around him,  never mind himself.  We have to stop this as soon as it happens, in order to ensure everyone's safety.  The problem is that if…

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I received a call yesterday afternoon.  The woman on the other end introduced herself as our wrap around coordinator.  Actually,  I can't remember her exact title but that is essentially what it is.  Anyway, she wanted to introduce herself and set up our first meeting.  The process has officially begun. We will be meeting for the first time, next week.  It will be very casual and basically a meet and greet type thing.  Nothing major will happen but we will begin to lay the ground work for what lies ahead. I'm ready to get this thing moving forward.  I don't mean to sound overly excited but I'm calling this Operation Hope for a reason.. Making this work,  is the only hope my family has left...... This was posted via WordPress…

So we took the boys to the playground again tonight.  This is the second time this week :-) I'm actually quite proud of that. We went to the playground at Fraiser Elementary School. This is where I went to kindergarten as well as spent many,  many summer days.  They have of course,  revamped the playground completely since those days.  However,  they are fantastic changes.  The boys had a blast and it was very similar to occupational therapy as well.  The equipment they have now is fantastic for what my boys need to work on.  They played until Gavin needed to go home because his heart rate was way to high.  Lizze had a good time and took tons of pictures.  It was nice to see her enjoying herself for awhile…

Elliott hasn't been back a full day yet and is already incredibly anxious.  He endured Gavin's tantrum this morning and has been in edge ever since.  I absolutely hate that our home life is in shambles. The only thing that we can do is cracked down on the problematic behavior that is contributing to most of the stress. However,  that is a lose lose situation.  If we cracked down on the behavior,  we will be increasing the number of tantrums,  which in turn adds to the stress. If we don't,  than the behaviors that are not addressed will add to the stress anyway. We have to make a major push for medical stabilization.  At this point,  I don't know that medically speaking,  Gavin would be at any increased risk in…