I feel like we had a fantastic day, at least as far as living through a global pandemic and being locked down are concerned. I was relatively productive today and I'm proud of myself for that.
The boys weren't too anxious today and Gavin was back to feeling like Gavin again after a very rough night of withdraw symptoms. I have an update to share about that and I'll get to it shortly.
I was able to get the kids out for a short drive this afternoon. It took some coaxing but everyone agreed to go. We drove through the car wash and then around the park. We were going to stop by the garden center and walk around for a bit but the park was loaded with people, not social distancing and not wearing masks.
Pretty much anywhere we would have been, there were people close by and we decided not to take any unnecessary risks.
The kids and I were sporting our masks while we were out. Yes, I fully understand that we don't need to wear masks while we're in the car and before anyone jumps down my throat again, these *are not medical grade masks. *We are *not* robbing anyone of PPE.
These are cloth masks that the CDC has stated *everyone *should be wearing when they leave the house. These aren't designed to protect the wearer from infection. They are believed to help limit the wearers ability to spread the virus, should they be infected. In other words, you don't wear these masks to protect yourself, you wear them to protect everyone else.
There apparently seems to be some confusion over this concept.
The reason we were wearing the masks in the car is because many Autistic kids are sensitive to textures, especially on sensitive areas like their face. I wanted my kids to get used to wearing them before they are ever in a situation where they must wear these masks and not take them off.
That was the point.
We supported a small business who was making and selling these and I feel good about that.
The trip itself went well and we were only gone for maybe twenty minutes or so but it was nice to get out of the house for a little while.
Earlier in the day, I had a fantastic interview that I should have mixed down and ready to air next week or the following week. Not sure about the schedule just yet.
Now we get to the bad news.
Gavin became sick again tonight and vomited. This is definitely withdraw and he seems incredibly sensitive at this point. He normally takes his meds before 10PM but tonight, he didn't take them until after 11PM.
He started to feel sick around 10PM-ish and puked about 11:30 PM. He became ill just because he took this Clozapine about two hours later than normal. This is not something we've experienced before. After he vomited and the Zofran kicked in to settle his stomach, I gave him his Clozapine and a short while later, he was feeling better.
I need to call his doctor back and find out what we should be doing. We may have to really take this slow.
The other variable is Gavin himself. If he even thinks me might puke, he'll sit in front of the toilet and become so worked up that he does. It's tough to know what's what at this point but there is clearly withdraw happening and it's not pleasant for him at all.
Gavin is feeling better at this point and sleeping peacefully. I stayed up until he fell asleep, just to make sure all was well.
Outside of that, Gavin had a great day.
Hopefully, we can figure this out and help him move forward without having to go through all of this.
That's about it for right now. I hope you're all doing well. I hope you're safe and healthy. My thoughts are with you. ☺
