What was supposed to be a pretty straightforward meeting with Dr. Patti this evening, took an unexpected turn. It's been awhile since we have used the word psychotic but it made an unwelcomed return today. Gavin's had bouts with psychosis for many, many years. For those unaware, psychosis is essentially losing touch with reality.  In Gavin's case, this becomes apparent when his "imaginary" world's become so real, that he can no longer tell the difference between real and imaginary. This is not just a vivid imagination. These events are well documented and have a very long history. Anyway, Gavin's been losing touch with reality and is getting sucked deeper and deeper into his imaginary world's. Dr.  Patti and I listened to Gavin go on and on about his adventure with…

We are facing a dilemma and are unsure of what to do.  We have sorta conflicting appointments for Wednesday and didn't realize it.  We have wraparound at 9am and considering this whole CPS thing, this will be an important meeting. We also have to have Gavin to the Cleveland Clinic by 11:00am for is ultrasound.  He then has xrays at 1pm and his actual appointment with urology at 2:30pm. These tests were only recently added but they make sense to do prior to the appointment.  On top of that, I'm not feeling super confident that the van will make it.  Even though the transmission isn't the problem, but more of a symptom, it still makes the car unreliable and in my mind, unsafe to drive.  The last thing I want…

Those of you that know me, know that I have a strong disdain for the Apple Corporation.  I actually like the iPad and while I prefer android powered devices, I recognize that Apple puts out a quality, albeit locked down, product. With that said, you may know that I received an iPad recently and will be doing a comprehensive right up, comparing it to android tablets. I will admit that I do actually like the iPad.  Having said that, while downloading the Google Chrome Browser to my iPad this morning, I received a message saying that this was a restricted app, due to inappropriate content.  The content in question would an arguably better browsing experience. Check out the picture below and read the rating and warning for this app.  In…

It's been awhile since I've addressed this but it appears as though the time has come once again. For the record.  The whole point of this blog is transparency. I provide as much detail as I can, not to gain sympathy or donations, as has been insinuated. I do things this way because I want people to understand what happens in our day to day life.  It's important that people understand all the obstacles we face as a family raising 3 boys with special needs.  My goal is that you can apply what you learn from my family, to someone in your life that may be going through something similar.  There will always be people that hide behind screen names and word vomit unpleasant things.  To them I say this. …

You know, I guess there really isn't much to report at this point, no pun intended.  Having said that, I have been thinking a lot about this while thing.  I have an ongoing poll right now, trying to get an idea of how many people have been through something similar to us. Check out the stickied post on the top of my home page a cast your vote.  It's interesting and by interesting, I mean sad or even scary. So far, we'll over a hundred people have voted in the poll and it show that an overwhelming amount of people, have had CPS called on them for fictitious reasons. Even sadder is that fact that almost half of those that answered yes, also said they've had this happen more than…