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Dysautonomia Awareness

A new journey begins: Dysautonomia

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1 month ago
by Lost and Tired in
The Lost and Tired family begins a new journey

Do you ever have one of those days where you realize something and it pretty much turns your life upside down? If you have, than you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t, trust me when I tell you it sucks. I posted earlier about a conversation I had with Gavin’s teachers this morning. I thought it was very productive and his teachers were More >

Lunch in the office

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1 month ago
by Lost and Tired in

Gavin had a rather rough afternoon today at school.  Apparently,  at lunch time,  Gavin became frustrated because he couldn’t find something he wanted to work on.

There was something about him leaving the lunch line to find it. 

When he gave up looking,  he had lost his place in line and he had to start over,  which lead to a huge meltdown.  He ended up having to eat in the office today. More >

#Autism: How I manage a meltdown

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1 month ago
by Lost and Tired in

For many years we dealt with meltdowns in solitude. We didn’t ever let anyone see these because we didn’t think they would understand.  It seemed like something we should keep private. However, all that did was further isolate us from the rest of the world. We would explain to our friends and family about the meltdowns but never allowed them to witness one. Anytime Gavin would get all worked up More >

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Please pray for the Lost and Tired kids

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1 month ago
by Lost and Tired in

Lizze got back with Emmett from the pediatrician’s office a little while ago. You’re not going to believe what he has now. Go on, guess…… If you guessed pneumonia, you’d be right. Apparently, it’s taken up residence in lower lobes of his lungs. The doctor says that we caught it early and that the antibiotics should take care of the problem and we will hopefully be able to avoid the hospital.

He More >

Another day, another trip to the doctors

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1 month ago
by Lost and Tired in

Lizze and Emmett are on their way to the pediatrician’s office to get Emmett checked out. He isn’t getting any better and we think he may have strep throat now as well. Whatever he has, has spread to the other boys and that makes three special needs kids, all sick at one time, under the same roof, with a father about to lose his marbles.

Hopefully, he will be able to get some relief and More >

#Autism, Seizures and EEG’s: Gavin

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1 month ago
by Lost and Tired in

Sorry for the delay is getting this up but I fell asleep early last night..

I already shared what happened with the neurologist,  as far as Elliott is concerned.  What I haven’t done yet is getting into what went down with Gavin. Traditionally,  Gavin is significantly more complex and honestly,  that an understatement.  I’m gonna keep this short and sweet because I’m just super tired today and More >

#Autism, Anxiety and Risperdal: 03/15/2012

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2 months ago
by Lost and Tired in

I thought I would update you on Elliott experience with Risperdal thus far.  Yesterday evening,  we began to notice Elliott becoming very um…..hyper.  I was at an appointment last night and Lizze was saying that Elliott was bouncing off the walls….literally.  He would literally,  run into the wall. 

Now Risperdal isn’t an antidepressant,  so I’m not real sure what’s going on.  I would better More >

Isn’t #Autism enough?

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2 months ago
by Lost and Tired in

We have some news that is difficult to process on the Elliott front.  We met with Dr. Reynolds on Monday to discuss other medication options to help manage Elliott’s extreme anxiety.

We discussed Elliott’s rather extreme reaction to the very low dose of Zoloft and our obvious concerns. This is where things got a bit scary. The main concern at this point is bipolar disorder.  This was exactly how More >

If you’re a special needs parent, is it selfish to have more kids?

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2 months ago
by Lost and Tired in
Should a special needs parent have more children?

Over the past two years that I have been publicly blogging, I have been asked the above question on more than a few occasions and in various different ways. I’m personally, always taken aback when someone approaches me with this question. On the surface it seems like an ignorant comment, from someone who just doesn’t know what not to say to More >

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