Today is shaping up to be quite challenging.  Gavin is being extra manipulative today and we have already had to pull his aside at least 2 or 3 times.  Each time he was pulled aside he had a minor,  self-injurious meltdown. Thankfully, these were relatively minor in comparison to his usual one but they still added to the stress in the house. Gavin is also experiencing more break through seizures.  These are all seemingly adsent seizures.  This means that he basically goes on pause for a few seconds up to 20 or 30 seconds. It's very difficult to tell what's what because Gavin tends to stare off at things anyway. The only reason we have noticed this is that he is having accidents at night and is experiencing missing time.…

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Today the boys decided to play with my shoes and walk around the house.  It was really cute and it made me smile.  I hope it brings a smile to your face as well.  :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store Posted from WordPress for Android so please forgive the auto-correct induced typos

I wrote earlier about Lizze and Elliott both being sick.  I mentioned my concern of Gavin getting sick as well.  Having said that,  sometimes things just work out for the Lost and Tired family. While it doesn't happen very often,  I'm more than grateful when it does.  It appears as though no one is actually sick.  Lizze nausea seems to be tied to her back pain right now.  As she finds more comfortable positions to sit in the nausea kinda goes away.  As far as Elliott,  the puker goes,  he's acting "normal".  He's hungry and wants to play.  I noticed that he had a runny nose this morning and I think I pieced together what happened last night or rather,  early this morning. Elliott has an extremely sensitive gag reflex. …

It turns out that Lizze isn't sick because of her meds.  Turns out that it's a stomach bug.  How do I know this?  That's easy,  because Elliott is puking now as well. I don't know how well typical kids do when they're sick but with my kids,  it's a total nightmare. Emmett and I ended up on the couch last night. He slept on one and I slept on the other. Thankfully,  he slept through most of the night. My really big concern is about Gavin getting sick.  If Gavin gets sick and starts puking,  he'll end up being admitted to Akron Children’s Hospital again.  His health is so fragile that anytime he gets dehydrated,  it's put him in a dysautonomic crisis. This will lead to him not being able…

It's going to be a really long night.  Lizze's meds have made her sick to her stomach and Emmett is still not feeling well.  We've played musical beds already.  Emmett climbed into bed with us and Lizze moved into his bed. I've got to figure out a way to help Lizze get through this. I'm so tired and I was going to sleep on the couch because as crappy as the couch is,  it's better for my back right now than our bed. My hope is that Lizze will get some much needed rest and Emmett will as well. **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store Posted from WordPress for Android so…

When it all boils down to the very basics,  I only really have one goal as a special needs parent.  That goal is to prepare and introduce my kids to the world and the world to my kids. I think that if I can accomplish that,  than my children will be in a better position to enter society and society will be in a better position to receive them. **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store Posted from WordPress for Android so please forgive the auto-correct induced typos

It appears that Gavin's seizures may be getting worse. Perhaps worse is the wrong word.  It's more like,  Gavin's seizures seem to be more frequent. We're noticing that Gavin is only hearing parts of conversations we have with him.  For example,  today Lizze said to him,  Gavin bring me the game and I'll put it away. She even repeated herself a second time. Gavin was walking away with the game and out it away.  Initially, we assumed he wasn't listening...again. However,  after talking with him about it and subsequently contacting the neurologist,  it's seems likely that he had another seizure. Gavin was insisted that Lizze had only said, put it away. He didn't freak out like he had been caught in a lie either. Lizze and I believe him when…