Welcome back. In this post I'm going to share a bit more about what Emmett does while at OT. This video shows Emmett using the Monkey Swing. While using this, Emmett works on alot of upper and lower body strength. She first bounces Emmett a few times. This is called crashing. Basically it helps Emmett get some of the impact type things that his body craves. As you can see, Emmett absolutely loves the Monkey Swing. It took a few weeks for him to warm up to this but he's very comfortable with it now. I'm quite proud of all he is accomplishing. I hope this helps you to have a little better understanding of some of the things that take place during an OT session. Keep in mind…

I thought I would lighten things up just a bit. So I decided I would allow you all to see one of Emmett's OT (occupational therapy) sessions. I think it's important that you see first hand what happens during an OT session. I hope this gives you more insight into the world of special need parenting. I also hope that this may help any new special needs parents out there that are exploring these types of therapies but might not know much about it. This will be a multi part article and there is to much video to do in just one post. This video shoe Emmett swinging on a tire swing. It helps his learn to balance and strengthens his arms. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXAdYhcj8Eg[/youtube]

I wanted to take a second and thank everyone for all the love and support. This is a very difficult time and it really does help to see all the kind words. I appreciate all of you. Thank you again. Please have a good night.... - Lost and Tired Post by Wordpress for Android via Nexus S 4G 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 :)

I'm going to keep this pretty short as we have our hands full today. When I can, I'll do a more detailed post but for right now this is all I'm capable of. We met with the Immunologist this morning at Akron Children's Hospital. If you recall we were referred there when it was discovered that Gavin's lgM and lgG were low. We thought that the our biggest problem was going to be scratch testing. We couldn't have been more off target if we tried... We didn't understand what low meant. As it turns out Gavin lgM and lgG are extremely low. They are so low in fact that he will at least need monthly infusions going forward or we can put him on a pump and at home at…

I mentioned the other day that Gavin has an appointment with the Allergist/Immunologist tomorrow morning. We actually got the paperwork in the mail this afternoon. We glanced over it briefly, thinking we would fill it all out tonight after the kids go down for the night. One of the things we missed while glancing over the paperwork this afternoon was the paper explaining about the scratch testing they intend to do during the visit. When I read that, I immediately got sick to my stomach. I know exactly how this is going to go and it won't go well. Gavin will not like laying down on his stomach and not being able to see whats happening. They will have to do it that way because Gavin will never allow them to it…

I'm going to be very honest with you all here. Even at the risk of sounding like a less than stellar father. I think that it’s a good thing to share our feelings, so I'll lead by example. All right, with that said, Gavin is driving me absolutely insane. God love him, because it isn't his fault but that doesn't make it any easier to deal with. In fact it's actually worse.because of the whole guilt factor side of things. Gavin is acting more and more child-like every day. By that I mean he is literally acting like a much younger child almost like Emmett..actually. The problem aside from the obvious is that Gavin is much bigger and stronger so that complicates these tremendously. The other thing I have been…

Gavin fell again tonight, only this time he hurt himself. He fell and scraped his rib cage against a wooded box. Part of me feels like we should limit his movements or wrap him in bubble wrap. I know that sounds comical but I don't know what else we are supposed to be doing. Seriously, should we limit his movements? I know we can't wrap him in bubble wrap but he keeps hurting himself. I'm also concerned that he may accidentally hurt someone else. For example, today Gavin was working on his Mario story and he started dropping his pencil. While he was clumsily trying to get it, he inadvertently flung it across the room. It almost got me in the face. It was a total accident but still....we may…