Change of plans

AS we were sitting here getting ready to leave Gavin starts screaming. He is having abdominal pain. This is what happened on Thursday night last week and resulted in him vomiting everywhere.…

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Friday’s news

Friday has finally arrived and is almost gone. Gavin was up all night vomiting and home today from school. I think it was something he ate that made him sick.…

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Shattered

We went to have Emmett's speech and language evaluated today. It was not what I had expected. His speech score was 71 the average being 85-115 and his language score…

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Overwhelmed and underpaid

I went to the grocery store today before the snow hit just in case we got snowed in. I haven't been this overwhelmed in a while. This is the first…

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Autism and self injury: drawing the line

Gavin is escalating in the self-injury department. He had a really bad meltdown this afternoon and hit himself in the head over and over again. He also bit his own leg almost…

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When will Autism stop

Gavin is retreating into his imagination again. I sent him to brush his teeth this morning. He was in there for 20 minutes. I didn't realize at first cause I…

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Kids are finally asleep

Kids are asleep. Elliott woke up and came downstairs for a bit to snuggle and fall back asleep. Lizze and I were watching The Mummy and Emmett woke up do…

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News from the fragile x front….

We just got this letter in the mail a few minutes ago. It's from the Cleveland Clinic. It is the results from Gavin's genetic work up. Apparently, everything has come…

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