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Fit4Autism / My thoughts / Weigh-in Wednesday

I’m not giving up

I'm hoping that we will be able to get this short week off all on the right foot. The boys are returning to school after the holiday and that will help everyone get back into their routines. My goal is to squeeze in about four miles while Lizze is at the doctors. Actually, I'm hoping to do this every morning for the rest of the week. I'm going to attempt a return to weigh-in Wednesday. I'll weigh myself every Wednesday and share my progress or pitfalls. This is probably the best way to help keep me honest. I'm not giving up. Something else I'm thinking about is relaunching Fit4Autism, and help motivate other parents like myself, to take better care of themselves, so they can take better care of their…

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September 5, 2017
Read more about the article A place for kids with life threatening health conditions
Gavin / My thoughts

A place for kids with life threatening health conditions

I thought it might be interesting to see where we will be staying in Florida, while Gavin has his biggest wish granted. We will be staying at a place called Give Kids the World. This is a place designed for kids with serious, life threatening health issues like Gavin. I looks like it's straight out of a fairy-tale book. Anyway, here's a satellite view from Google Earth. This isn't the whole thing but you get the idea. ☺

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September 5, 2017
Read more about the article Is this the start of concerning behavioral problems?
Gavin / My thoughts

Is this the start of concerning behavioral problems?

We've been noticing some behavioral changes in Gavin over the last twenty-four to forty-eight hours. They were more subtle at first but have become more obvious as time passes. One of the things we've noticed is Gavin's memory is worsening. It could be nothing or it could be something. He's forgetting how to do some very basic things like setting up his IVIG infusion. He's been doing this for years but yesterday, couldn't remember some of the basic steps. This leads me to my next concern, frustration threshold. Yesterday, Emmett made a joke that was very benign. He asked Gavin what time it was and when he said 5 PM, Emmett sang the five dollar foot long theme from Subway. It's sort of an inside joke and Gavin can get…

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September 5, 2017
Read more about the article Will we have to cancel our trip to Florida?
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Will we have to cancel our trip to Florida?

As I'm watching the news today, and it appears that Hurricane Irma may create problems for our planned trip to Florida at the end of the month. Current predictions indicate that Irma will be at least as strong as Harvey was when it impacts Florida and the Carolinas sometime next week. If this proves to be true, that's horrible for the people in its path and our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in danger. At the same time, this may force us to cancel or at least reschedule our trip to have Gavin's wish granted in Florida. I don't want to make the trip if Florida is going to be dealing with anything remotely similar to the people of Houston are dealing with. I'm going to speak with…

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September 4, 2017
Read more about the article A fragile peace accord has been shattered
Autism Parenting Woes / My thoughts

A fragile peace accord has been shattered

The fragile peace accord that has been maintaining the calm and quiet in our house has been shattered. Elliott and Emmett are at each other's throats as a result. Understanding the issue at hand is an important step towards understanding the fragile peace in our house. Much like many others out there with Autism, my kids are drawn to things like tablets and technology. It's calming for them and it keeps them engaged. We are working to broaden the way they experience the world, without the use of their tablets. My kids are plagued by sensory issues, and if you've been a reader for a little while, you're likely albrotherready aware of jowls bad it can be sometimes. One of the issues I don't think I've mentioned before has to…

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September 4, 2017
Read more about the article Getting our ducks in a row
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Getting our ducks in a row

The kids are getting really excited about leaving for Florida. They're starting to sorta make plans for our time down there. Emmett's big plan is to avoid killer bees. That's a pretty good plan if you ask me. lol I'm figuring out the exact times of everything related to travel from Ohio to Florida. We have less than one month to get this all our ducks in a row.

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September 4, 2017
Read more about the article Couldn’t have asked for a better day
Family Time / My thoughts

Couldn’t have asked for a better day

It was a pretty unusual anniversary for Lizze and I. The boys let us sleep in and my beautiful wife let me take a nice mid-morning nap. ☺ We had a quiet morning and it was nice. No one was fighting or causing trouble by pushing the others buttons. Everyone seemed content and that doesn't happen very often in a house with three kids on the Autism Spectrum. lol About mid-afternoon, we took the boys to my parents house and then went to visit Lizze's Dad at the hospital. We didn't stay long because he was exhausted, but it was nice to see him doing so well. ☺ After that, we ended up back at my parents house for the rest of the day. My Dad and the boys were…

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September 4, 2017
Read more about the article I really screwed the pooch on this one
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I really screwed the pooch on this one

I just realized I made a pretty major banking error. I was telling Lizze that we were doing much better this month than I thought we were. It didn't seem right but I checked, double and triple checked. This was very positive because it was going to help us get ready for our trip. As we were talking about it, my stomach sank because I realized why this had been bothering me. I paid a very large bill to a major utility and forgot about it. Between Gavin's medication change, planning for our trip and a major family emergency, I completely forgot. I had correctly tracked everything but that. For whatever reason, that payment hasn't posted yet and it's been quite a few days. I take full responsibility for this…

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September 3, 2017