Operation Hope: Gavin’s moved home…for now

I wanted to let you know that Gavin was released from the hospital this evening around 7:30pm. I haven't been able to update due to this site being down for a good while tonight.  Basically, Gavin stabilized throughout the day and was no longer having significant orthostatic issues. The problem was most likely medication related.  He hadn't had his salt tabs for awhile and that threw his system out of whack. The salt tabs helped his body to retain fluids which make it easier for his heart to maintain his blood pressure. Without the fluid retention bolstering his blood volume, his heart has to work harder to maintain. This can also lead to the orthostatic issues as well.  Orthostatic issues are when his heart rate and or blood pressure changes…

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More server issues….

Sorry for the downtime.  Blue host was down once again.  I don't know what the heck is going on.  Please be patient as I either find a new host or address the issues with Blue Host.  :-)

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Autonomic Crisis: Selling the Drama

Gavin had bloodwork done about an hour or so ago. At this point, he seems to have stabilized enough to be sent home. We'll know more when the blood work comes back.  Thus far, things have been interesting.  Gavin was in full on drama queen mode. He was screaming and crying for no reason, other than trying to get the attention of the pretty nurses.  Very frustrating on our end because his behavior made things more difficult on everyone.  I missed Elliott's promotion and Gavin's acting like a drama queen.  This has nothing to do with aspergers, autism or overstimulation.. It's all about getting attention and cresting a scene.  That would be the reactive attachment disorder.  I realize that none of this is his fault per say. However he is…

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Autonomic Crisis, Hives and Way too much stress

We're sitting here waiting and I noticed something was wrong with Lizze.  Lizze is so stressed out that she's broken out in hives.  He entire face and neck are covered. We are getting her some benadryl and hoping for the best.  This is all too much for her. 

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Autonomic Crisis: Waiting to be seen at @AkronChildrens Hospital

We have actually been for awhile now and are still waiting to go back.  It appears that they are pretty busy at the moment.  We have to wait for a room with a monitor. Gavin's slowly become more stable as time goes on.  Hopefully we'll get back there and we can figure out what's going on.  We had to miss Elliott's promotion. I saw him as he was going do to the dojo and I let him know that we were going to have to be with Gavin at the hospital and he was really disappointed.  He didn't want to be doing the promotion in the first place, so this really sucks.  Thankfully my parents are there with Emmett to cheer him on and take pictures. I friggin hate this. 

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Autonomic Crisis: Heading to @AkronChildrens Hospital

I spoke with Dr.  Moodley's office at the Cleveland Clinic.  We were originally going to be taking him to the ER at Cleveland. However, as we are getting ready to go, I received a call back instructing me to take him to Akron Children's Hospital instead. I don't know for sure why they wanted this. However, it's likely they either don't want him to travel that far or there isn't really anything we can do at Cleveland that they can't do at Akron. Either way, this day has very quickly gone right down the shitter.  I'm very close to losing what's left of my mind and just beating my head into the wall until it all goes away.  Hopefully, Gavin will be stabilized and we can take him home and…

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Autonomic Crisis: Gavin seems to be crashing

We just got home from Gavin's martial arts promotion.  Gavin did really well and I will have pictures up when I can.  Right now, we have a problem.  It looks like Gavin is in another autonomic crisis.  After promotion we got spend some time with him in his classroom.  He didn't look good to me and I asked him to check his heart rate.  He did and it was 50 bpm, standing up.  That would explain why he was so shaky and pale. I had him sit down and take it again.  This time his heart rate shot all the way back up to 138 bpm. That's almost a 100 bpm difference. That's not good at all.  Your body is supposed to compensate when you transition between sitting and standing. …

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I feel my sanity slowly slipping away

In stark contrast to yesterday's start to the day, today has been a disaster. Elliott is all over the place right now.  Emmett's screaming and crying and Lizze can barely move. I feel my sanity slowly slipping away.......

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