I'm a man of many talents but did you know I was a stuffed animal plastic surgeon? Probably not. I only ever break out this skill in the most desperate of circumstances.  One such circumstance arose the other night. Elliott received a Hello Kitty stuffed animal wearing an Angry Birds costume. The problem was, as Elliott out it, "Hello Kitty has lazy legs" - see the before picture-. He had been using Scotch tape in order to hold the legs in a better position. However, living under the same roof as Emmett, makes this fix, quite temporary. Emmett doesn't tolerate tape or tags on clothes or stuffed animals. As soon as Emmett noticed the tape, he freaked out until it was removed. This presented Elliott with a problem. How do…

This morning, Emmett informed me that the soap in the bathroom was to dirty to use. I'll be honest, I don't see the problem here. The label is partially rubbed off from use but it doesn't look dirty to me. However, I'm not Emmett and he can sometimes see things a little differently at times. It's interesting to see things through his eyes. While I may not always be able to see the same thing or in the same way, I do like to gain as much perspective as possible. Having said that, I'm at a loss with this one. Both bars are pure white, without even a hint of being dirty. According to Mr. Emmett John, the one on the left is dirty, so he needed to open a…

The boys are off to school and Emmett has eaten breakfast -which is great since he hasn't been eating-... Lizze is in bed and will likely spend the whole day there. She is either having a major symptom flare or she is actually sick with the stomach flu. It really hard to tell with her because she experiences flu-like symptoms all the time. It's difficult to know what is what. I'm gonna have to make special arrangements today as a result. Gavin is supposed to have therapy today and I going to have to see if my mother can take him. I could possibly take all the boys with me but it's an hour and a half long today. Not to mention that Emmett wouldn't understand why he was there…

Today started pretty early today. Emmett got up at 5am again this morning. The very first thing he does is go replace the battery in his Android4Autism device. He does this all by himself. Its pretty impressive considering he's only 3 years old and many grown ups wouldn't know how to do this. We have 4 appointments today, 3 for Gavin and 1 for Lizze. Gavin will be at all of his today but I'm not sure Lizze will be able to get out of bed today. This is going to be a long week and I'm starting the week off completely exhausted. I hope Monday is kind to all of you out there. Posted from WordPress for Android

Today was a fairly typical day for the Lost and Tired family. I thought it would be interesting for you to experience my daily life for just 1 minute of 1 day. On a typical day, Lizze is down with a migraine or another fibromyalgia related reason.  Emmett seems to either be starting or ending a fever flare. There never seems to be a time where he's not experiencing the symptoms of Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis or PFAPA for short. I think we have mistakenly been referring to this as Marshall's Syndrome and I'm not sure that's correct but it is easier to say than Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis. Either way, Emmett seems to be struggling with the symptoms of this quite often. The entire Lost…

How do you know when you have to much on your plate? I spent all day yesterday, thinking it was Sunday. I have no idea why I was so confused. Exhaustion? Anyway, I had the boys in bed on time last night because I thought they had school this morning. Lizze let me sleep in this morning -thank you honey-...... On school days, when she's feeling up to it, she'll get the boys off to school while I'm sleeping. I had assumed she had done the same thing this morning. However, when I woke up to some chaotic noise, I looked at my phone and it was 9:00am. Panic set in and I rushed out of bed and got dressed as quickly as I could. I made it halfway down the stairs…

I have been explaining in words what Emmett is experiencing. However, words simply aren't enough. Emmett has something called Marshall's Syndrome. Basically, he runs a fever for about 10 days -give or take- and his mouth breaks out in cold sores. When I say cold sores, I mean many, huge, extremely painful cold sores. At 33 years of age, I have never seen anything like this. I can't even imagine the amount of pain he is in. It's heartbreaking that there is literally nothing we can do about it.  In these pictures you will see the cold sores currently on his tongue. One, literally takes up half of his tongue, long ways. The inside of his mouth is covered as well. This is why he is not eating very well.…

I realize that Elliott is struggling with anxiety but good lord, is it ever getting old. I'm keenly aware that it's far worse for Elliott but damn, it headache inducing and beyond frustrating. As time goes on, it gets worse and worse. There has to be something I can do to provide him with relief. Problem is, I don't know what that something is. For now, I just continue to extend to him both compassion and understanding. In truth, the whining is very quickly becoming like nails in a chalk board for me and I know Lizze is struggling with it as well. Heck, I know Elliott doesn't di it in purpose, so it must be exhausting for him as well. There is no way to really make our lives…