Houston, we have a major victory

As the title states, every once in a while you have a major victory. Today was one such day. It started out pretty rough and continued that way until right about bedtime. I was playing with Emmett and all of a sudden he walked over to the trampoline. Now normally, the trampoline would be on the floor but today we had be working on some OT exercises, so it was leaned up against the chair.  Emmett walked over to the trampoline and started spelling the words he saw written on it. This isn't exactly breaking news because he has read off a few letters before. However, this time was a first because he got them all correct, including the lower case letters. I didn't even know that he knew those yet.…

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Preparing for the week ahead

I'm doing the best I can to prepare for the week ahead.  Elliott's first day of school is in the morning and I'm not sure how well that's going to go. About 1 hour later,  Gavin is scheduled to begin his 2nd antibody infusion. However,  I think that only one of us are going to be able to make it there because there is far to much to get done before Wednesday morning.  I believe that Elliott will be going to my parents house on Tuesday night and assuming Gavin handles the infusion okay,  we will go to Lizze's parents house.  We need them to spend the night because we have to be at Akron Children's Hospital before 7am Wednesday morning for Emmett's surgery. Emmett will be admitted for at…

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Impact

Last nights events have had a much bigger impact then I had originally thought. For me, this stuff comes naturally and there's just some kind of gear that engages and I'm off. It's not like I wasn't thinking, it was more like I was just reacting. It's kinda like riding a bike, it's something you just never forget how to do. I didn't feel the scene was unsafe because I had 5 police officers around me and half of the neighborhood in the street watching. Lizze is still pretty upset with me for going out there. I don't think she is so much mad, but more like worried. I understand where she's coming from but I don't see the difference between when I did this before on a professional level…

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Someone was stabbed tonight

Disclaimer: Not for my younger readers. Graphic material is talked about. I'm sharing this as a means of trying to decompress from this event.   I got to be the old Rob for a little while tonight. Someone was stabbed right outside of my house about 45 minutes ago. I didn't even think about it, I just ran out, right into the middle of it. It's funny, well not really funny, especially if you ask Lizze (who isn't to happy with me right now) but I didn't miss a beat or hesitate. I was always the guy running into the places everyone else was running out of. I got a pair of gloves from the one of the cops and did what I trained to do....be a paramedic. I identified…

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I’m co-hosting a new radio show for special needs parenting

Hey everyone I have some exciting news to share.  I'm going to be co-hosting a new radio show called Dad's Brigade along with my new friend and fellow special needs father, Josh Bauman. Our first show will be Thursday, September 15th, at 8pm EST. Dad's Brigade is part of Family Network Media which was founded by Susan Stephens in October 2010 and provides WebTV and Radio programming for the special need community. Josh and I are very much alike. He's a techy as am I but we are both special needs parents. You should check out his blog, Our Family of 4, and read his family's story, it's quite moving. Josh and I will be sharing many topics surrounding special needs parenting but from the perspective of a father. We have some pretty cool things…

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Some much needed respite

My parents called today and wanted to know if we wanted to go visit some relatives out in Y-town.  Unfortunately,  we couldn't go because we need to replace the tires on the front end of the van. The other problem with it was that we simply weren't in a position to put gas in the car,  especially with all the excessive driving we have to do this week. However,  that didn't mean that the kids couldn't go. My parents took the boys and Lizze and I got to relax and bit.  Unfortunately,  my allergies are in overdrive right now,  probably cause of the rain last night and today.  I took some benadryl and doozed off for a bit. We really needed this break in order to have a better shot…

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Podcasting

So I have been kicking around the idea of doing some podcasting since last year.  Nothing significant but maybe every once in awhile. Sometimes I find it easier and more time effective to record my thoughts,  rather the always write them down. What do you folks think? - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via Tegra 2 powered Motorola Photon 4G (provided to me at no charge by Sprint) without the use of proper editing tools and disadvantages of a bastardized version of auto-correct. Please Vote for Lost and Tired (just click the link) and help me spread Autism Awareness. Everyone can Vote once a day :)

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Emmett’s sleeping over

So I went upstairs the other night to get ready for bed and this is what I find. I think it's pretty funny how both of them can sleep through this.  Emmett is laying on his back and across Lizze's face.  Naturally I had to take pictures of this as it was both cute and funny all at the smell time....... - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via Tegra 2 powered Motorola Photon 4G (provided to me at no charge by Sprint) without the use of proper editing tools and disadvantages of a bastardized version of auto-correct. Please Vote for Lost and Tired (just click the link) and help me spread Autism Awareness. Everyone can Vote once a day :)

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