It's been almost 6 monthes since I had to give up walking and running. I have finally decided that I just HAVE to get back on track (no pun intended). My back pain is worse then it ever has been and I've put the weight I worked so hard to lose right back on. So this day #4 of walking. I'm going to try to maintain AT LEAST 1.5 miles a day. As I go forward I'll work my way back up to 5 or 6 miles a day. I just need to be careful not to do to much to fast so I don't make anything worse. I'm also going to do back on my whole food diet. I hate veggies but I can do them in a smoothie…

Elliott is having a rough night. His cough is really bad. I finally got him to take is cough medicine but don't know if it will help. I also have the cool mist going in his room as well. Hopefully he can get some sleep.....

Today has been really stressful for me. I knew Gavin wasn't  doing well but it's another thing to hear confirmation of your fears. I really don't know what we are supposed to be doing anymore because nothing helps. Elliott has pneumonia and so we have to stay on him to keep him resting so it doesn't get any worse. The last thing we need is for him to be in the hospital. He had pneumonia one other time and it almost killed him. This was when he was in the NICU for a few weeks after he was born. He recovered from the bilateral pneumo's but it was the pneumonia that really got him. Knowing he has it again is not an easy pill to swollow... I know it's different…

Lizze got back from Elliott's appointment a little while ago. He has asthmatic bronchitis and walking pneumonia. He's out for about a week. He should be ok for school on Monday but we'll have to see. Aside from the fact that it sucks having Elliott sick and miserable it screws the week up. We have to be in Akron on Friday. Emmett has the Neuro-developmental center for a follow up.

Just got back from Gavin's appointment with Dr. R..... Gavin struggled and melted down durning the wait. Gavin's diagnosis is schizoeffective disorder. I have a copy of the paper now. Gavin is clearly psychotic and Dr. R thinks the memory issues may be due in part to the "voices" being so loud that they drown everything else out. Another problem is the regression. Gavin has regressed and lost abilities. His speech is suffering as well. He is becoming more and more difficult to understand. His loss of abilities include things like opening the car door, putting blocks together (sometimes) and following SIMPLE 1 step tasks.....just to name a few. Dr. R wants him run through the neuro-developmental clinic at Cleveland or Akron. We have to try to identify the cause…

Elliott is home from school AGAIN today. He has to get back into the doctors. They are concerned that he may have developed pneumonia. His REALLY nasty cough is back and they want to be sure it hasn't gotten any worse. He will probably have to get chest x-rays this time as well.  

This happened because Gavin suffered the natural consequences of breaking the rules. He was told not to drink his soup out of his bowl and instead use his spoon. We didn't want Emmett mimicking him. Gavin made the choice to do it anyway and then Emmett did the same thing and dumped his soup all over the floor. Gavin did not get desert because he didn't listen.   [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXLaSytaH6I[/youtube]

This is the default wallpaper that goes out with ALL my new Android ROM's. People can change it if they want but the idea is planted and they at least think about Autism for a minute. I've gotten great feedback on this wallpaper. This is just one of the many ways I incorporate Autism Awareness into my work.