My goal with this entry is to help provide insight into one particular kind of challenge faced by parents of kids with significant cognitive impairment. As someone with a background in emergency medicine, I find it particularly frustrating when I need to gather medically relevant information from Gavin. This is a very difficult situation because …
Tag: Salmonella
Feb 05 2017
UPDATE on how Gavin is doing after eating raw chicken
You may recall that a couple of days ago, Gavin accidently ate raw chicken. Click here if you have no idea what I’m talking about. Anyway, we’ve been keeping a close eye on him for any sign of possible illness associated with eating that raw chicken. The concern is obviously Salmonella poisoning and it can take up …
Feb 04 2017
UPDATE: My son with #Autism ate raw chicken because that’s just how our life is
If you miss the first part of this story, please click here to get caught up. I wanted to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. It really means a great deal to us and speaks volumes about the amount of love and compassion that’s still in the world today. It’s been about twenty hours since Gavin …
Feb 04 2017
PLEASE keep Gavin in your thoughts and prayers for the next few days
The boys and I went to Walmart yesterday, and picked up some groceries. Right now they’re into eating chicken, so we stocked up on chicken beast, chicken tenders and things like that. At dinner tonight, Gavin wanted to make himself some chicken tenders. He took a couple large ones from the bag and heated them …