If you listen carefully, you can hear the ever growing sound of me.....cracking. I'm so far beyond overwhelmed, I don't have another word to describe it. Gavin is driving me up a wall. Right now he is not making many good choices. He's struggling with everything and pushing me over the edge as he does it. In all fairness to Gavin, this isn't his fault. However, he's not listening and he has lost all ability to use common sense.  Gavin has never really been able to exercise common sense. I don't know it he's struggling more in this area or if I'm just so tired that it seems worse. All I know is that Gavin's behavior is changing and becoming more and more infantile. Part of me wishing he was just…

As the title states, it finally happened.  What exactly happened,  you might ask?  Well,  Emmett is sleeping in his toddler bed,  in Elliott's room. This is a huge accomplishment.  We have been struggling to get Emmett to sleep in his own bed,  for quite so time.  We also wanted to try to move him in with Elliott.  Until now,  it was all just a dream. However,  this evening was different.  We decided to try again and it worked.  Emmett is snuggled under his Lightning McQueen weighted blanket and Elliott is passed out on his bed.  I don't know how love this is going to last tonight but Lizze and I are going to try and get some sleep while we can.  I hope you all have a good night.  I'll…

Despite how well yesterday's 4th antibody infusion went,  we did get some troubling news of sorts. Gavin's sinus problems,  should be getting better in light of the infusions.  However,  despite these infusions,  Gavin's chronic sinusitis is not getting better.  We have ever been referred back to the ENT,  once again. Gavin's immunologist thinks he may need his tonsils and androids removed.  She is referring everything to Dr. Milo,  Gavin and Emmett's ENT,  at Akron Children's Hospital.  I don't know if he will need any type of surgery to correct his damaged sinus cavities but I do know that he cannot breathe through his nose.  Hopefully,  if surgery is needed,  it will make a marked improvement in Gavin's ability to breathe.  Lizze scheduled the appointment yesterday,  but I don't know for…

We here at the Lost and Tired house have had an ongoing issue for years now.  Where do all the kids socks go? More specifically,  where do Gavin’s socks go? Recently,  I went through the entire house and collected all the stray socks.  I found total of 25 pairs of Gavin's socks. That's right,  25 freakin' pairs of socks,  for Gavin alone.  You would not believe the places I found socks.  You would think that Emmett,  the little boy who throws his clothes anywhere he can to keep from having to wear them,  would be missing socks but no,  just Gavin. Once again,  Gavin is out of socks and a search of the house has turned nothing up.  What the heck does he do with his socks?  If you were…

I thought I would take a minute and share some of the things I have learned along the way as far as speaking to a child with Autism. When speaking to an Autistic child you need to keep something in mind. Autistic children typically see the world in black and white and don't see the grey areas at all. This can making communicating to an Autistic child difficult at times. It's very important to learn and understand how to talk to an Autistic child because doing so incorrectly can lead to anxiety, and subsequently meltdowns. Autistic children are typically very literal minded. This means they will most likely take what you say at face value. You should avoid words  or phrases like maybe, sometimes, next time, not now or later on.…

Well, we finished up a few hours ago.  It went pretty well.  It is however,  becoming more obvious that Gavin is regressing.  He's behaving more and more like a 3 or 4 year old would. I had to kind of keep reminding him how to behave and to be polite.  He was very demanding and down right rude to the nurse at times.  These things would be expected from a much younger child.  When comes from someone as old as Gavin,  it comes across in a different way.  The staff was very understanding but I still want Gavin to treat people with respect.  - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via Samsungs Epic Touch 4G (provided to me at no charge by Sprint) without the use of proper…

When it's time to go back to the room where the infusions will take place,  there are a few things that have to be done before we get started. This preparation takes about an hour or so.  It involves numbing the area where the IV will be placed and meditating him so that he doesn't,  hopefully,  get sick from receiving the donor antibodies. Once all this is done,  we just have to wait until it's time for the infusion to begin.  The wait time is broken up by the PS2 for Gavin,  and the typing of this blog post for me. :-) - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via Samsungs Epic Touch 4G (provided to me at no charge by Sprint) without the use of proper editing…