Jun 04 2018
This is going to be a fricking nightmare. It already is. Gavin has begun the pre-op cleanse if you will. If that wasn’t bad enough, he’s not allowed to eat anything for at least the next 28 hours. For most people, a 28 hour fast would be very difficult. Gavin however, isn’t most people. His …
May 24 2018
Sometimes I share my experience with Vivint Gives Back in regards to helping prevent wandering. There’s also another side to our Vivint Smart Home System, provided to my family, and that’s security. We live in a neighborhood that has on countless occasions, proved itself to be very unsafe. We’ve been involved in drive by shootings, …
May 11 2018
Over the years, there have been a few areas in regards to Autism parenting, that have really become personal for me. Wandering is among the most important of them. As a father of 3 boys with Autism, I count myself truly lucky that we haven’t had to deal with wandering, any more than we have. …
Apr 12 2018
We’ve been having some issues with Gavin, particularly at night. The other day, Gavin got up about 9 PM to use the bathroom. Lizze was still reading to the kids and I was in the living room. All of a sudden, we heard a really loud thud. I thought Emmett had fallen off the top …
Mar 29 2018
I wanted to take a second and share something really amazing that my good friends at Vivint Home are doing in honor of Autism Awareness month. They’re giving away four (4) free SmartHome systems in the month of April. (see below for details) I’ve spoken about this countless times before. There is no way to …
Mar 26 2018
Wandering is huge problem in the Autism community. Does your child with #Autism wander? The Vivint Gives Back foundation can help.
Mar 08 2018
Tomorrow, we’ll be seeing the return of Vivint to our home. We’re having a new camera added to the back of our house and a new alarm panel installed. When they’re done with that, they’re going to do a once over and make sure everything is up to snuff. In order to get ready for …
Feb 26 2018
Gavin’s IVIG infusion is not going well this morning. For some reason, we can’t get any flow and I’m having to force the solution through the tubing manually. It works but it’s very difficult and quite painful for a Gavin. I don’t know what’s wrong for sure, but it could be scar tissue. All I …
