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Dec 17 2012

Today’s #Autism Victory: Wearing clothes

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Emmett John, Today's Victory

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December 17, 2012


We unexpectedly ended up at my parents house on Sunday afternoon.  This was due to the whole Rogue thing.  

Anyway, Emmett immediately makes himself comfortable, as he so often does.

However, this time is was a bit different than he normally does.  This time, as you can see below, he only took one shoe and one sock off. Oddly enough, he spent the next 4+ hours this way. 

I thought that was a little strange because he’s always so particular about both feet feeling the same way.

In fact, I would have thought this would be downright uncomfortable but to each his own I guess.

I’m not sure if this is a victory or not.

Having said that, he did keep the rest of them on so that’s definitely a check mark in the victory, at least as far as I’m concerned.

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Dec 17 2012

When I first met my wife

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December 17, 2012


This whole thing with losing Rogue today has brought up a lot of old memories.  It’s sorta funny how something like this can spark so many memories, long buried and forgotten and bring them to the surface for you to relive.

The events of Sunday have certainly done that for me.

I had completely forgotten that Rogue was by my side when I laid eyes on the woman that would become my best friend, my wife and the mother of my children, for the very first time.

If it wasn’t for Rogue, I would never have been at the park that day. That being the case, mine and Lizze’s paths may never have crossed.

For that reason alone, I will be forever grateful to my overly enthusiast and always shedding   Australian Shepherd.

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Dec 16 2012

I’m just a bit worried and a whole lot stressed

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December 16, 2012


I’ve mentioned that Elliott was really moody lately.  This morning he had a meltdown. A really, really big one.  I classify this as a meltdown as apposed to a tantrum because he is very clearly completely overwhelmed and almost beside himself.

In his meltdown, he hurled his remote control and nearly hit Lizze. 

Was he aiming for her?  I don‘t think so.  However, that doesn’t really matter because the fact is, he threw the remote.

Elliott has never, never done anything like this before. 

I’m really getting concerned because it’s like he’s beginning to act like Gavin. Maybe he’s used to the chaos and so in Gavin‘s absence he’s not sure what to do.

All I know is that I’m very worried about him.

We were going to try to go to Cleveland today and visit relatives but I don‘t think that Elliott could handle that right now. 

I hate this. I really truly do.  I hate not knowing what to do and I hate even more that Elliott is going through this.

Yeah, I think it’s safe to say that I’m just a bit stressed out.

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Dec 15 2012

What would you do?

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What would you do?

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December 15, 2012


I thought it might be interesting to do one of those What would you do things, like you see on TV. Basically, I’ll give you a situation and you share how you would handle it.

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I think it’s interesting that many people handle the same thing in many multitude of ways. There are no right or wrong answers here.

You’re walking through the grocery store and witness a parent physically hitting and yelling at their child.. You don’t know the whole story but are uncomfortable with what is happening. What would you do in this situation?

Please answer in the comments below. Remember, there are no right or wrong answers.

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Dec 12 2012

Tuesday Therapy: Concerns about Elliott

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Elliott

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December 12, 2012


Lizze and I spent much of our appointment with Dr. Patti discussing our concerns about Elliott and what he’s been going through.

I’m really worried about him and I don‘t know how to help him. 

All I can do at this point is just reinforce with him that we are here if he needs us and that Mommy and Daddy will take care of him.  It doesn’t seem to help much but at least he knows we are there for him.

We think that most of his struggles stem from what is going on with Gavin and now his whole life has changed because of his new food allergies.

In his eyes, he’s losing everything. 

I can’t even imagine being 6 years old and feeling like that. 

My heat breaks for him.  :-(

He’s my baby and he’s so miserable all the time. At least he had fun with Emmett while at Dr. Patti’s.

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Dec 03 2012

Thank God for small favors

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Dean, Elliott, Parenting

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December 3, 2012


Elliott‘s kitten, Dean, has been dealing with an upper respiratory infection since before he came to live with us.  We just didn’t know about it at the time.

Anyway, we had him to the Vet’s office this morning.  We wanted to find out how bad it is. 

Thankfully, he’s just fine.  We have to keep his eyes clean but that’s about it. 

Outside of that, he’s a beautiful healthy little kitten. Elliott made sure Dean was properly cared for and held him the whole time.

I think this is going to be a good thing for Elliott and Dean both.

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Nov 28 2012

The Leap of Faith: We’ve arrived at the @ClevelandClinic for Lizze’s intake evaluation

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Cleveland Clinic, Leap of Faith, Lizze

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November 28, 2012


Lizze and I arrived and the Cleveland Clinic asked few minutes ago. She’s filling out paperwork and I’m be supportive and trying to pass the time. 

Lizze and I are really long conversation on the way up here this morning.  We discussed many things, ranging from Elliott,  Gavin and Emmett to this whole thing with pain rehabilitation.

Lizze is really nervous about trusting this whole thing. 

For that reason,  I have decided to call this new journey we are about to embark on, The Leap of Faith. The reason for that is pretty straight forward.  Lizze is taking good a huge leap of faith by trusting the new doctors and in a process that she is unfamiliar with. 

Being off her medications scares her to death, and they plan on doing just that. 

This is by every stretch of the words, a leap of faith.

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