Read more about the article It’s was a sh!tty morning for this #Autism Dad
Emmett John / My thoughts / Sensory / Shoes and Socks

It’s was a sh!tty morning for this #Autism Dad

This morning sucked. On the positive side though, both boys got to school but it was a shifty, meltdown filled morning in The Autism Dad household. Elliott was pretty hyper but mostly cooperative and that's awesome. Emmett was another story all together. He's been having a rough time falling asleep at night since Christmas break threw his routine off and we've lost most all of the progress we'd made in that area. He's not getting enough sleep and that exacerbates the sensory related challenges we face every single morning in regards to shoes and socks. It was an absolute nightmare today and we battled for at least thirty minutes before he finally kept his shoes and socks on long enough to make it out the door, into the almost 0°F…

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January 6, 2017
Read more about the article UPDATE: What happened at yesterday’s appointment 
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UPDATE: What happened at yesterday’s appointment 

Update: Video of crazy driver and our commentary is now on page 2. I had planned on getting this entry out much sooner but unfortunately, things don't always go as planned.   Majority of our day was spent driving to and from the family allergist. Lizze and Gavin both had appointments for different reasons. Lizze was going as a first time allergy patient and Gavin was there for allergies, asthma and immunodeficiency.  Both had bloodwork done.  Lizze is being allergy tested and also checked for the same immunological issues that Gavin has. The results will be back in a few days.  Gavin's bloodwork is checking his antibodies, platelets and a shitload of other things because he has a shitload of things going on. I'm anxious to get his platelet count because…

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January 6, 2017
Read more about the article That was horrible
Gavin / Immunology / Lizze

That was horrible

We just arrived in Cleveland for Gavin and Lizze's appointments. The drive was horrible due to the weather and very poor visibility. Things were made worse by our windshield wipers freezing in place once we were on the freeway. That was not fun at all. We should be on our way home in about an hour or so and I've already fixed the wipers and topped off the wiper fluid. Hopefully, our trip back will be a bit easier.

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January 5, 2017
Read more about the article Yesterday was such a rough day and here’s why
Lizze / My thoughts

Yesterday was such a rough day and here’s why

We survived another challenging day and by the time you read this, I'll be doing my damndest to get the boys to school on time.  This should keep you busy for now. Yesterday was especially tough for Lizze cause she wasn't feeling good all day. Lizze tends to get sick after eating and has for a very long time. We had always assumed it was due to stress or something like that. As it turns out, she has something called gastroparesis and it's actually quite unpleasant. Her doctor was concerned about her always feeling nauseated after eating and had her undergo a procedure. In this procedure, they fed Lizze scrambled eggs, laced with radioactive marker or something. She ate the eggs and they would measure how far along she was…

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January 5, 2017
Read more about the article Perception: One reason why being an #Autism parent is so hard  
Autism Parenting Woes / Gavin / My thoughts

Perception: One reason why being an #Autism parent is so hard  

I mentioned earlier that I've been struggling with Gavin today. Just so we're perfectly clear, he's not being a problem like he used to. He's simply being Gavin and that's exhausting for those around him, including myself.  Gavin is absolutely struggling in his daily life. He doesn't necessarily see it as struggling because he doesn't really possess that higher level of self awareness anymore.   Here's what kind of things are frustrating me now.  Last night, Gavin finished up his infusion and removed the needles from his stomach. He always has some tissue on hand in case there's any leakage or bleeding.   He removes the needles and I hear him freaking out about how badly the one infusion site was bleeding but he seemed to have addressed it himself…

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January 3, 2017
Read more about the article I’m absolutely frazzled today
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I’m absolutely frazzled today

I'm feeling pretty frazzled today. It's been nonstop this morning and I'm was up with Emmett last night again. Unfortunately, I'm allowing this enormous amount of stress to throw off my getting healthier plans so far. I totally own that and I'm really trying to stay motivated but it's a struggle. On the positive side, I'm still tracking what I eat and making better choices in that regard but the workout part is not going so well. With school starting tomorrow, my hope is that I can find the strength to give myself the needed push when I'm not neck deep in everything surrounding the kids. It's so exhausting and it's been a long break.  I've had several things come up that have me preoccupied and stressed out as well.…

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January 3, 2017