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Dec 25 2012

Everyone likes Chutes and Ladders right? Wrong!!!!

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December 25, 2012


Christmas day was going so well. Gavin was playing in his room because he wanted to be alone. Elliott and Emmett were playing together with Play Doh. 

All was well…..

Then of course,  Daddy in his infinite wisdom brought out the game Chutes and Ladders.    I thought, who doesn’t like Chutes and Ladders?

Well,  I’ll tell you who doesn’t like Chutes and Ladders.  It’s the kid that hits the chute and basically has to start all over again. In this case,  Elliott. 

Elliott was doing really well and seemed to catch every ladder all the way to the top.  Then, he hit the big chute on square 87 and slid all the way back down. Elliott didn’t like that very much.  He broke down in tears and ran off sobbing to the couch. 

Lizze talked to him and Emmett and I finished the game.

When Elliott got upset and left, Emmett looked at me and said “Daddy, it’s okay to lose sometimes, right?” I said absolutely Emmett. 

Little did I know that Emmett would be tested as I hit square 28 and sailed away to an early victory.  Emmett just kept right on going.  He didn’t get upset and really enjoyed finishing the game. 

Emmett wants to play again after lunch and Elliott has sworn never to play Chutes and Ladders again.

I just love the holidays…….

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Dec 22 2012

Congratulations to my boys :-)

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Aspergers, Elliott, Gavin, School

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December 22, 2012


I wanted to brag a bit more about Elliott and Gavin.  I told you all about their martial arts promotion on Tuesday.  I wanted to share the actual certificates with you as well. 

I finally got around to snapping a few pictures and getting them posted.

I’m so proud of both of them.  :-)

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Dec 21 2012

Learning life skills at @GiantEagle

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Aspergers, Elliott, Everyday Lessons, Giant Eagle

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December 21, 2012


I’ve written about this before but I’m going to write about it again.  I really feel strongly about trying to use everyday activities as a chance to teach my 3 boys with #autism important life skills.

We have some wintery weather blowing in soon and I wanted to pick up a few items at the grocery store, in case we get snowed in.

I grabbed Elliott and we headed off to our local Giant Eagle.  I swear it’s like we live at that store. 

Anyway, Elliott is 6 years old, has aspergers and loves learning new things.  Whenever he comes with me to the store, I always make sure to let him practice things like making good food choices, working within a budget, ringing up the groceries in the self-checkout and even bagging the groceries afterward. 

Some might be wondering what the point is.

That pretty easy to answer.  The point is that he’s gaining real life experience in a very important life skill. He’s going to need to know how to do this on his own eventually. 

The way I see it, it would be a crime not to take advantage of his eagerness to learn and desire to help.

During today’s trip, Elliott was ringing things out while I was bagging them up. When it came to the bananas, they have to scanned and weighed a little differently.  One of the cashiers that sorta floats around making sure no one else needs help, took it upon herself to teach Elliott how to manually enter the produce.

He was able to duplicate what she taught him and use that new knowledge on the next batch of bananas that needed scanned and weighed. 

He did a fantastic job and I was really impressed with the cashiers willingness to walk him through what he needed to do and tell him how good of a job he did, instead of trying to rush him though our cart of groceries and get us out the door.

This is one of the reasons I really loves hoping at Giant Eagle.

Taking the time to allow Elliott to get hands on experience might seem pointless to some but I see this as one step closer to his independence. 

Every skill he learns and masters now is one less that he has to learn in the future. 

I strongly encourage everyone to embrace these opportunities to teach. After all, you are your child’s most important teacher. 

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Dec 13 2012

Off to a good start

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Allergies, Aspergers, Elliott, School

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December 13, 2012


Elliott actually got off to school with little resistance. I also got him to eat a hard boiled egg and some yogurt.

There wasn‘t any screaming and yelling this morning and for that I’m quite grateful.

I really dislike the days that Elliott really digs his heels in and refuses to do anything.  That doesn’t set a good tone for the day.  When we left for school this morning he was was in a really good mood. 

Finger crossed for a good day…….

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Dec 03 2012

Manic Monday: Missing school

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ADHD, Anxiety, Aspergers, Manic Monday

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December 3, 2012


Elliott will miss another day of school today because he has to be at the doctors.

Hopefully, God willing, this will be it for the week. 

However, depending on the medication changes Dr. Reynolds makes, he may be at home again tomorrow. Anytime you make changes to medications, especially when the child is prone to reactions, it’s better to play it safe. That’s my opinion anyway.

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Of course, your welcome to your own opinion. 

It’s just that sometimes after a medication change, the child has to be watched closely for a day or so.  Truthfully, I don’t trust anyone else to do it.  Nothing against the school but when it comes to things like this, we tend not to delegate.

I’m leaning towards pulling the plug on the Tenex and just avoiding meds altogether. 

He seems to do better on the ADHD meds but who the hell knows anymore? There is so much going on in his life that it’s damn near impossible to know up from down and left from right.

This most definitely going to be a Manic Monday.

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Jul 20 2012

Behavioral Crisis: Change of plans

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Aspergers, Autism, Doctor's, Gavin

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July 20, 2012


We were ready to make the trip out to Youngstown to Belmont Hospital.  I said Belleview before but I had been watching Law and Order recently and they say Belleview all the time. 

As we were getting ready to leave,  Gavin complained that his vision was blurry.  We don’t know what that means and don’t want to take any chances.

We diverted to Akron Children’s Hospital for help,  once again.

The other place we were supposed to go to doesn’t do medical care and because of Gavin’s health issues,  he needs medical supervision.  I called them back and they agreed that this was the right thing to do. 

So we have just arrived at Akron Children’s Hospital and are waiting to meet with the PERK worker.  I don’t remember what PERK stands for but they do the intake evaluation.
There is a chance that we could be sent home,  admitted here or referred to Cleveland, Youngstown,  Pittsburgh or Columbus.  However,  where ever we would go to would have to be a medical facility.  If we get bounced out of Akron and referred somewhere else,  Cleveland would be my first choice. 

His autonomic doctor is up there and they may need to be involved.

I’ll let you know when we have more information.

Thank you for all the support….. :-)

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Jul 08 2012

I’m sooooo tired

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Aspergers, Autism, Doctor's, Gavin, Lizze

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July 8, 2012


I think I managed to obtain about 3 or 4 hours of very restless sleep before Mr. Emmett John woke up.

Lizze was sick,  all night long and remains so now.

I was going to try and walk this morning because it’s been too hot during the day and evening.  Yesterday, we had a heat index of 112°F. That’s a bit in the way to frickin hot to walk side of things.

On the positive side of things, if I have to find something to be positive about, Emmett woke up in a really good mood.  At least I have that. He could be screaming right now but he’s just in a snuggly mood instead. 

If Lizze doesn’t feel better soon,  I don’t know what that will mean for this coming week.

I suppose,  the only thing that has to happen for sure is Gavin’s infusion on Monday morning. Every thing else could be rescheduled if absolutely necessary. Having said that,  this week really needs to go off without a hitch because Gavin is going down hill and we need to get him whatever help we can.

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