Read more about the article A trip to the emergency room and 2 #covid shots later
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A trip to the emergency room and 2 #covid shots later

It's been a crazy morning but we all survived. Emmett went to bed complaining about pain behind his ear. He had a really hard time sleeping and kept me up for most of the night. When we woke up this morning, he was in tears because it hurt so bad. I could barely keep my eyes open but the kids had to be at Akron Children's Hospital before 10am for their second COVID shot. That was an absolute priority but I was concerned because I didn't know what was going on with Emmett. Ultimately, I decided to drag Elliott out of bed early, which he wasn't happy about, and head to the ER at Akron Children's. My thought was that I'm only one person and I needed to be in…

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June 17, 2021
Read more about the article Empowering my kids through a Summer of Mightier
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Empowering my kids through a Summer of Mightier

COVID had taken its toll on pretty much everyone and my family is no exception. One of the things that I want to do is spend the summer, helping my kids to get back to some semblance of normalcy. COVID was very challenging partly due to the isolation, but also because of the frustration, anxiety, and fear it caused on the daily. As an adult, I found myself struggling to manage these emotions and I have a lifetime of experience to assist me. Gavin is 21 years old and Emmett is almost 13. It works amazing well with both of the boys. My kids on the other hand, struggled with managing these emotions in a way that was appropriate. Frankly, I feel like they've done an amazing job but we…

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May 30, 2021
Read more about the article The last couple of weeks have been a roller-coaster for us
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The last couple of weeks have been a roller-coaster for us

It's been a couple of days since I've written. Life has been a roller-coaster ride for the last couple of weeks but we seem to have established an equilibrium as of late and I'm thrilled by that. I had to make some rather dramatic changes in their lives but the boys are definitely doing better as a result. School is officially over for the summer and that's a huge relief. They're excited to get back to a relatively normal life. By this time in June, the boys will be fully vaccinated and that will open up quite a few doors. We have made major progress on the outside of the house, which feels incredibly good. The inside of the house is not quite so far along. I think we're going…

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May 29, 2021
Read more about the article I had to pick Emmett up from school early because he was uncomfortable
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I had to pick Emmett up from school early because he was uncomfortable

It's totally been one of those days here in The Autism Dad househhold. We're knee-deep into the last week of school and it's a little more chaotic than I had anticipated, but we're good. I dropped Emmett off at school and within an hour, I received a string of text messages from him asking me to come pick him up. He explained that there was a kid in his class not wearing a mask. He was very uncomfortable with this and wanted to leave. It's still required that everyone wear a mask at his school. As I said, this made Emmett very uncomfortable and I can understand that. I always told him that if he was uncomfortable or he felt something wasn't safe, I would come get him and he…

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May 26, 2021
Read more about the article My kids were #vaccinated at @AkronChildrens Hospital today
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My kids were #vaccinated at @AkronChildrens Hospital today

One of the decisions I had to make recently was whether or not to get Elliott and Emmett vaccinated for COVID. That took about 3 seconds to figure out what the right thing to do was. Of course, the boys will get vaccinated ASAP. Do I have questions about the vaccines in regards to my kids? Sure I do and that's okay. There's nothing wrong with having questions about something like this. That being said, I seek out information from friends who are quite literally experts in the field. I don't think people should be criticized for having questions or concerns but as adults we have a responsibility get our information from expert sources and not social media or right wing media sources. We owe our kids better than that…

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May 21, 2021
Read more about the article Helping my kids remain open to positive change and willing to embrace it, even after they’ve been hurt
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Helping my kids remain open to positive change and willing to embrace it, even after they’ve been hurt

It's been an incredibly emotional evening, especially for the kids. I had to make a difficult decision tonight, but it was the right one. I'm completely physically, and emotionally exhausted now. The kids are very upset but I'm working to help them remain open to positive change, and embrace it, even after they've been hurt. The boys are doing okay at this point. Emmett's currently in his own bed, which is amazing, and with any luck, he will remain there. Gavin's already asleep and Elliott won't be too far behind. As I was writing this, Emmett popped his head in to inform me that he wants to do in-person learning again in the morning, which is awesome. Although, I just remembered that his clothes are still in the washer. I'll…

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May 19, 2021
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I got tested for #COVID and here’s why

This is going to be super quick folks. I've been in pretty rough shape for the last 48 hours or so. It got so bad today that I went and got tested for COVID, just to be sure. It's been exactly 3 weeks since I had my second dose of the Moderna vaccine. The second day I was pretty miserable. Following that, I've been fine. The other day I woke up with back pain, a headache and that progressed to body aches, muscle pain, and I'm so exhausted. I didn't think much of it but it got really intense. I didn't sleep last night because I kept waking up in a cold sweat, I couldn't stay warm, or stop shaking. Motrin helped for a little while and I felt a…

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April 30, 2021
Read more about the article Update on Emmett’s foot
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Update on Emmett’s foot

This is one of those posts that took a shameful amount of time to finish. Better late than never but this was supposed go out Monday night and it's currently Wednesday morning. I had to take Emmett to urgent care this morning because his foot was still in a lot of pain. I don't have a problem with telling he needs to play through the pain, as long as I know for certain, he's not going to worsen an injury. We went for x-rays and thankfully, nothing is broken. He has to use crutches for about a week but is already doing better. He's able to finally put some weight on his foot and the doctor said to keep trying to do that. Progress is progress. That kept Emmett out…

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April 28, 2021