Both Elliott and Gavin will be returning to school in the morning.   There's always that transition period because of the long weekend but I think they will be just fine.  We will probably see a bit of resistance from Elliott in the morning but hopefully, it'll be manageable and not taint the rest of the day for him.  How do your kids handle things like three day weekends? This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Check out my #Autism Awareness Store to find really cool and unique #Autism Awareness Clothing and Accessories, designed by me. ;-) For more ways to help the Lost and Tired family, please visit Help the Lost…

It's not often that I can share really positive news and I'm super excited to be able to do that right now.  We got the first round of lab results in from the 14 vials of blood drawn at the Cleveland Clinic last week. Everything is back to within normal or acceptable range.  The really big news is that she tested negative for any type of clotting disorder. This means that she can safely receive hormone replacement therapy, without increased risks of more clots.  Apparently, the DVT she had in here a few years ago, was just a fluke and was not genetically driven.  This is awesome.  This is really, really awesome.  What does this mean? Well her levels normalizing is something that was expected.  During menopause, much like puberty,…

Unbelievably, I made the payment to dominion and they had our gas turned on less than 2 hours later.  They had told us that it would be turned back on sometime between noon and 11:59pm tonight.  I'm very impressed and grateful that we didn't have to wait.  I also want to point something out, in case some out there finds themselves in a shut off situation.  Don't shoot the messenger.  As badly as it sucks having your utilities shut off, imagine if your job was to go around all day and shut off people's utilities. Imagine how unliked or even hated they are and all they are doing is there job. Just some food for thought.  :-) This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy…

Perhaps one of the most difficult parts of parenting a child with Autism and Sensory Processing Disorder, at least for me, is feeding them.  While Gavin was absolutely impossible to feed when he was younger, he's no longer a picky eater and is quite easy to feed and prepare food for.  My other two, Elliott and Emmett are very difficult to feed at mealtimes.  In Elliott's case, he's always finding something wrong with the way things tastes.  There doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason either.  Seemingly out of nowhere, something he's eaten for a very long time, will begin to taste funny.  He will literally go hungry before eats something that he feels tastes funny. Unfortunately, for him, with a recent diagnosis of allergies to treenuts, his options…

Thankfully, the boys slept straight through the night.  I slept on the other couch and Lizze slept upstairs because it was physically best for her.  I slept pretty well but got up with the boys, bright and early at 6am. When Lizze woke up, I was able to go lay down for a few and that was awesome.  Right now I'm waiting for a few phone calls, Dominion East Ohio Gas being one of them.  I need to confirm the payment amount and the hold time is almost 2 hours.. I need to actually speak to someone or else I would simply log in online.  With any luck, I will be able to report that the gas has been turned back on, by this evening. This site is managed via…

This has been a really challenging week for me personally. I did quite a bit of driving and sat through my share of appointments, including Gavin's IVIG infusion for May. There's a lot going on with Lizze right now and honestly, she's not in a good place.  For me right now though, I just can't stop worrying about Gavin. I mean, I'm worried about Lizze as well but we know what we are dealing with and have a plan for addressing it.  With Gavin there's just nothing but the great unknown. At the very least, we know for sure that he's not doing well.  We know for sure that he's continually getting worse. We also know that his immune system is becoming more compromised and his neurological dysfunction is impacting…

We just remembered that there is no school in the morning.  I believe it's a teacher in service thing but it's also a well deserved break for the teachers. I'm not entirely sure what's going on with Gavin but I believe he's going to work with Lizze's Mom. This actually works out pretty well because it's really tough to sleep tonight. We don't need to worry about getting up super early.  We opted to camp out in the living room cause it was more fun for the boys.  Hopefully, we'll get the week off to a good start... :-) This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Check out my #Autism Awareness…

While the boys have had a really long weekend, especially with Gavin spending the night they did pretty well today. We spent Mother's Day at my parents house and the boys did really,really well. They spent the time building race tracks and little towns.  I love it when they get along and it was a really nice Mother's Day gift.  Lizze's migraine was really bad today and not having the boys screaming at each other is always a good thing and well appreciated by Lizze.  This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Check out my #Autism Awareness Store to find really cool and unique #Autism Awareness Clothing and Accessories, designed by…