Yesterday,  Gavin had his monthly antibody infusion.  Everything was pretty routine until about 15 minutes into the car ride.  Gavin began to enter an autonomic crisis. He became sick to his stomach and extremely light headed and dizzy. He lost all his color and he could barely hold himself up. Lizze notified the hospital of what was happening and they basically met her as she entered oncology.  They gave Gavin special meds so that he would vomit and make anything worse. After resting for a little while,  he stabilized and they proceeded with the infusion.  Because he was already having issues coming into the into the infusion,  and because he got sick after the last one,  they had to slow things way down.  He now gets and IV bolus of…

Gavin is having a huge and I mean huge meltdown right now.  I managed to get him to his room and shut the door. I'm sitting outside his door and making sure that he doesn’t leave. At the moment, he's hitting himself with anything that he can. I'm way to friggin tired to deal with this right now so I'm not even watching him. I'm just going to sit outside the door and make sure he stays put.  Right or wrong,  I honestly want nothing to do with this right now. This whole thing is because he was caught lying to Elliott,  5 times. When approached about this he got upset.  The end result being that he doesn't get pizza for dinner like the rest of his brothers. That is…

Elliott colored this today and wanted me to share it with everyone.  This is de Blob from the video game.  He did this entirely on his own and I forgot one,  think he did a fantastic job.  Enjoy... **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung's Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct is working against me.

I'm frequently contacted by parents because they are overwhelmed, frustrated or just, Lost and Tired.  The problem is frequently related to violent behavior associated with their child diagnosed with #Autism or #Aspergers. Let me be very,  very clear.  I'm by no means stating that all kids with #Autism or #Aspergers,  present with violent behaviors.  However,  some kids do and when they do,  what are you supposed to do? How do you address this type of behavior? What happens when you are a victim of physical outbursts?  How are you supposed to respond when your child hits,  kicks, bites, pinches or simply calls you names? This is a very serious topic and I'm asking that you all share your personal experience.  You never know when something that you have learned could…

Alright,  I just got off the phone with Lizze.  Basically,  Gavin crashed on the car ride up to have his monthly antibody infusion. His heart rate was all over the place.  He was ashen gray,  nauseous and extremely dizzy.  When they arrived at Akron Children's Hospital,  Gavin's nurse from oncology met them with anti-nausea medications. Once out of the car,  Gavin stabized.  They are proceeding with his antibody.  However,  the process is going to take an extra hour today as they are going to use a slower drip to hopefully help Gavin's system to handle the infusion. I'll keep you all posted.  Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at…

Gavin crashed on the way up to his infusion this morning. **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung's Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct is working against me.

In the advent of Gavin's continuous disrespectful behavior towards Lizze,  we have had to come up with a new set of consequences. It was recommended by Dr.  Patti,  that we not lose the oatmeal consequence,  but instead,  build off of that. One of the things we are trying is having him write. Yesterday,  he did this for the first time.  It didn't seem to bother him and I know that because he flat out told us that it did the bother him to have to write. Back to the drawing board I suppose. :-( **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung's Galaxy…

I noticed something today that I find disturbing on many levels. If Gavin isn't disrespecting Lizze he completely ignores her. It's like he gets angry when he has to engage with her and maybe that's where the disrespect comes from. If he needs something and Lizze and I are both in the room,  he will walk right by her and ask me. The other day he was sitting at the table playing with his brothers, while Lizze sat with them supervising. I was walking out the door to run to the store. He wanted something and instead of asking Lizze,  he tried to catch me before I walked out the door. It made absolutely no sense at all. It's honestly like he wants nothing to do nothing her. I don't…