Just finished up my IEP meeting for the day and I can safely say that my brain is fried. I'll explain what happened later on in the day but for now, everything went well. There are a few things that need to be noted but I'll explain later. I'm going walking to clear my cluttered head.
Anyone who's ever had to attend an IEP meeting before will absolutely feel my pain when I say that I have two IEP meetings in the morning. I don't really have anything else to say on the matter because you'll either get my grief or you won't.
Its been one of those days that has dragged on forever. I've pretty much been nonstop since 7:00am this morning. On the plus side, I got a great many things accomplished. Gavin's IVIG infusion is just about done (at the time of writing 8:30pm), so he will be off to bed shortly. That marks the end of my parenting stuff for the night. Sure, there's still a million things I need to do still but I'm exhausted and need to be ready for two IEP meetings in the morning. 😱 Anyway, Emmett's eyes checked out good and his new glasses will be ready in about a week. He will now have two backup pairs and I feel really good about that because I really like redundancy. Elliott had a…
Emmett and I just got back into town, picked up Gavin and will be getting Elliott from school in a few minutes. Emmett's eye exam went great and he only needed a mild adjustment to his prescription. The doctor said his glasses will essentially remain unchanged. Something that's a little different this time is that Emmett wanted transition lenses because of his sensitivity to light. Unfortunately, those aren't covered by insurance and I had to pay for them out of pocket but he's so excited about them that I'm not even worried about the unexpected expense. Insurance covered a cheap pair of glasses that he can use as a backup pair and his transition ones will be his daily drivers.. I never really new how much the light really bothered…
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Traffic was horrible today on the way to the hospital this morning. HORRIBLE. That being said, we made it to his appointment with a few minutes to spare. 😀 Emmett's being very brave, even though he's really nervous about getting his eyes dilated. He's so sweet and the nurse is so good with him. His little voice is shaking and you can tell he's on the verge of crying but he's holding it together like a champ. ❤️😀👍
Emmett's not in a good mood this morning. He can get comfortable with his shoes and most of his words towards me have been in the form is screams. Elliott's been very helpful this morning but Gavin's just sorta lost and floating through the house. It's going to be a very long day.
The fact that I'm worried about Gavin, shouldn't be too surprising to anyone. When it comes to Gavin, there's so much to worry about and very little that can actually be done. What I'm about to share is just the latest concerning thing he's done. Tonight while he was brushing his teeth, he got the sink all messy and was just going to leave it that way. I looked at him and asked him if he was going to leave the sink like that? I sorta got the deer in the headlights stare before he apologized and tried to rinse the sink out. Why is that concerning you may be asking? It seems likes a perfectly reasonable response, I know. It's not what he said that worries me but…