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I mentioned earlier that Lizze was having a really bad pain day.  Early this morning, the boys were doing pretty well.  Unfortunately, things have changed since my last post, at least as far as Gavin’s concerned.

Gavin was being inappropriate with his brothers and broke a major, major rule.  This rule revolves around Gavin making physical contact, outside of handshakes and high fives. 

This rule was put in place by Dr. Patti and so it’s a necessary evil.

It’s designed to protect the boys and anyone else that Gavin may come in contact with.  As Gavin has issues with boundary issues and impulse control challenges, this rule must be followed. 

As a reader, you may think this is mean or cruel but I assure you, I hate it as well and it’s necessary evil.

Because Gavin has a past history of inappropriate physical contact with people in general, including his brothers, we have to very closely monitor there interactions. 

Today, he and Elliott were on his bed, under his blanket.

Gavin claims that they were hiding from Emmett.  Nothing happened but the fact that he did this is a major violation and one that will need to be dealt with. 
This will be the topic of our appointment with Dr. Patti tonight. 

The day is continuing to unravel as the car was acting up again this morning and we had to subsequently cancel OT today for the boys.  This isn’t a huge deal but it does disrupt our routine.

Hopefully, all will be well this evening for our appointment with Dr. Patti. She’s literally just down the street and if we lived in a better area, we could walk.

This is going to be a rough day and one of those that I swear the clocks are moving backwards.

We need to implement some more safety and boundary related rules and guidelines.  I’ll let you know how everything goes tonight, after we have this very awkward conversation with Gavin.

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Today has been a pretty good day. They don’t happen often but when they do they are appreciated. We managed to get through the day without any major problems. Gavin did pretty well and so did the boys.

Emmett had a bit of a rough time. His struggle with perfection is getting the better of him lately and today was one of those days for him.

I managed to get some writing done and I that’s always a positive thing.

Emmett and I ran some errands and before bed, Gavin and I collected up the trash and recycling and took it out to the curb. We did get some pretty big news though and that sorta set the tone for the day for us.

I received a call back from the social worker in charge of the CPS investigation into Lizze and I. She explained that she had heard from Dr. Patti and she backed us up 110%. I was told that once she gets the records from the Cleveland Clinic and Akron Children’s Hospital, this case will be closed.

That’s huge and I mean huge.

We have been so stressed out over this whole thing and it’s taken a horrible toll on Lizze. We are going to continue being stressed out until it’s officially over. Now we know that progress is being made.

I’d say this was a pretty good day.